| | Hi Everyone,
I'm sitting here reading all these emails from LCPs reject and think to
myself - I couldn't be more proud. Proud because I've had the
incredible good fortune of having been dragged to my first AIESEC
conference 1.5 years ago which provided me with the opportunity of
having walked next to some of the most amazing people I've ever met.
To the outgoing LCPs:
You guys have really become my family this year. I never imagined it
was possible for 26 individuals who only see each other 3-4 times a
year to have such a bond, but here I am living it. you guys have
been there when I laughed and you've been there when I cried (in
Patty and Tara's case - you guys just kept crying with me) and I
couldn't have asked for more. The memories of this year, just like each
of you, will always have a home in my heart.
To the MC Team:
I know it's frustrating dealing with us so to all you guys, I say thank
you for continuing on and supporting us the way that you do. I know
each of you will amount to great things.
To the incoming MC Team:
You guys are an incredible group of talent. Sometimes you meet
people and you know right away that they are going to do great things -
I feel that about you guys as a team. I know it will be
incredible.
To the incoming LCPs:
there was an email that I send out a little while ago to the west LCPs and no matter which region, I think it still applies:
"Hi guys,
As I'm reading these emails from the incomings, I feel so old as I believe
my generation of soon to be ejected LCPs are feeling right now. Like
Peter's weekend so far with 4 trainees arriving at the same time, an AIESEC
year as a LCP is a horrible logistics nightmare - there's no doubt. But it
teaches you a lot of things.
It'll teach you that even at times when you think no one is watching, you're
a role model and everyone will watch and you'll have to chance to inspire
the heck out of people you never even thought you'd meet had you not been in
AIESEC.
It'll teach you that with every time you think the sky is falling, someone
is going to be there to help you, whether it is your team, your LCPs, you
alumni or just your buddies who you've been yacking non-stop about AIESEC to
- because if you've ever been involved with AIESEC, you'll always have a
soft spot for it.
It'll teach you to stand up for what you believe in but to be humble enough
to listen to others who thinks you just may be wrong.
It'll teach you that your team isn't just a team - you guys will be family
by the end of this year. For everytime someone thinks of any one of you,
they'll also always think of all of you.
It'll teach you that you can't be perfect and to owe up to the mistakes you
will make this year. people are harsh but you will survive.
It'll teach you that it doesn't suck to be an LCP but it most probably suck
to have to date one. so apologize to your significant others often,
especially when you have to spend part of your anniversary picking up a
trainee from the airport. Remember to buy flowers and cards - they do help.
It'll teach you that just like life, your AIESEC year will be 20 percent
doing the work that you've planned and 80 percent of it crisis management.
It'll teach you that if you talk about what you believe in and what your
plans are to make it happen enough, people will gather and follow and even
want to help because they want to be a part of it too. they'll be people
that you never expect, like your neighbours, the people at your parents
workplaces, that grouchy looking professor.
It'll teach you that if you wear your AIESEC shirt when you travel, you'll
meet alumni and trainees from different parts of the world. Sometimes,
you'll even get bumped up to first class unexpectatedly because the lady who
is checking you in may just be a former LCP (happened to me).
It'll teach you that others will be harsh because they expect you to be
perfect - as silly as this sounds, they really do. You have to learn to
take the criticisms that people will have and that one mistake doesn't mean
that your entire year as LCP is a failure.
It'll teach you that you most likely will not sit down for a meal or ever
feel fully rested until the end of your time so you might as well not even
complain about it anymore.
It'll teach you that sometimes you don't need to book a meeting with your
BOA or schedule a call to your RVP just to get amazing advice - talk to your
parents. They survived having you, they'll probably have a few solutions
for problems in your team. They'll see you through new eyes because you
will grow very quickly this year.
Finally it'll teach you that a lot can be accomplished in a year. You
didn't choose to be in AIESEC to lead a normal uneventful university life so
don't let this year be one. don't let yourself make excuses. don't let
your team make excuses.
It's all very corny but this last bit is true, you won't change the world
this year, but I'm sure you will change someone else's world. Be proud of
your members, be proud of what you and your team will do. Celebrate that and celebrate it often.
I'm sure had I been sitting in a room with Patty and Tara, we'd be doing our
usual routine of passing the tissue box around. I promise you that by the
end of the year some of your very very favourite people in the world will be
the ones who are reading this email right now. It'll be great - you'll see."
cheers, Rosy
an LCP for one last day (LCP Violent) |
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