#GetToKnowEBs : Meet our LCVP FGL!

#GetToKnowEBs : Meet our LCVP FGL!
✨Sharlene Natalia✨

This week, our current Local Committee Vice President of Finance, Governance, & Legality (LCVP FGL) Sharlene, shares several important lessons from her experience that we ought to learn.

“Don’t let someone else’s opinion define you.” Sharlene said.

Here are some of the questions we asked Sharlene:

• What is the motivation when you decides to join AIESEC besides the feeling of wanting to try?

I believe that AIESEC has helped me grow personally and professionally by giving me the chance to stretch the boundaries of my comfort zone and giving me a safe place to make errors and grow from them.

• Why did you decide to develop your leadership skill in AIESEC in BINUS?

AIESEC is a group that has served a purpose for more than 70 years, a culture where everyone is free to express themselves and reach their full potential. By helping me develop my leadership characteristics and talents, I believe that AIESEC will help open the door to a better future.

• Who is your role model that motivates you and keeps you innovating at AIESEC?

My role model is kak Alya, LCVP of FGL AIESEC in BINUS 21.22. She inspires me to step beyond of my comfort zone and take calculated risks.

• When did you realized that AIESEC truly helped yourself to grow?

I realized after I took a role as a LCVP of FGL. The LCVP role has taught me a lot of things and always made me want to learn new things. I challenge myself and dare to take different challenges ahead of me. I know that occasionally I will get positive experiences, negative ones, and may meet unexpected experiences. However, I gradually discover how to be responsible for my task and begin making a positive impact.

• In your opinion, where this leadership experience will take your step further ?

This will help me improve my communication skills because I’m interacting with different people. I can enhance my time management abilities by learning to balance college and organizational work. I accept the responsibilities or challenges of leadership and discover what it needs to be a leader. This role also helps me in expanding my networking opportunities whereas it supports me in terms of accomplishing my targets and exchanging beneficial insights.

• How you gain your motivation back when things get tough?

There are few times I feel unmotivated when I have lots of tasks to complete. But I set my mind to always prioritize responsibilities over entertainment. Although I forced myself to finish it, sometimes the ending results did not satisfy me at all. Therefore, I always spare some time, maybe 20 to 45 minutes to do my hobby, open social media, or read some books. I also list down all assignments and tasks for the upcoming week or month and take a look at the level of difficulty and which requires more time. As much as possible, I always started with the easier tasks and worked my way up to the more difficult ones, whereas if I started with the most difficult assignment first and did not receive the answer I needed, I could lose motivation to complete it.