Together We Define : Learning to Thrive in a Team

Nobody’s perfect. Nobody is. All of us have specific weaknesses that we may or may not be aware of. and I have plenty of those.

One of my most prominent weaknesses would be that I tend to curl up into a ball and hide at the mention of “group projects”. I’d constantly remind myself not to participate in any sort of activity that involved anyone other than myself. I would say it was the overwhelming fear of being judged or seeming inferior to the rest of the members that held me back. Regardless, as a student, it definitely meddled with my life too much, too much so that I decided to take a step towards getting over it.

I’d like to thank my current class teacher for unknowing helping me with the same. She had asked me to participate in an interschool group project with three other girls around last week and at that moment, I couldn’t really say no to her. Two reasons for that ; One, you don’t want to get on my class teacher’s bad side – she’s scary – and two, I’d had enough of being worried and keeping myself from challenging my true potential.

Nothing is easy to start, and this challenge was no an exception. The other members – that I hadn’t met before this project – were all very expressive and creative. Usually, I’d try to be as lowkey as possible and try to merge into the wall but I had a mission. I had to improve on myself and contribute as much as possible. I made it my duty to be as vocal and useful as I could be for the group project to be a success.

Now that the project is over, I’ve left this experience with much more than a few life lessons, although I still have a long way to go. I’ve learnt the essence of teamwork, synergy, and team-building skills. But most of all, I’ve learnt to not degrade myself and always believe in myself and my strengths. To always give my absolute best in whatever I do ; regardless of how insignificant the task is. Success will follow right after.