Week 11: Lesson Learned

        Finally, our Project J has come to an end this week. It was a long and meaningful journey for me. I have learned many lessons throughout the execution of this project. These lessons will definitely help me  in my future. 

        First and foremost, I learned that teamwork is the key to make an event a success one. Teamwork is able to promote innovation and ideas sharing. A problem shared is a problem halved, or so the saying goes.  Using the problem solving abilities of a small team doesn’t just resolve issues faster but can also lead to avoiding them again in the future. Teamwork can also boost productivity to an optimum level. Working in a small team can promote day-to-day productivity by playing to strengths and abilities. Everyone has their own area of expertise so they will be able to work independently, with fewer distractions and reduced stress as they will be in their familiar environment. As long as we keep communication active and up-to-date, then we shouldn’t encounter any issue when executing the event. 

        Besides that, I learned that we can’t please everybody. No matter how much thought and planning goes into an event, we simply can’t please everyone who attends. That’s why we’re able to receive feedback and reviews without getting upset. Criticism just helps us to do better in the future.

        Next, I also learned that pre-planning is one of the important element to make the event a smooth one. We put a large amount of work into pre-planning our event. This really helped even though we thought that we overdid many aspects of it. It allowed us to have much more confidence when the event was happening and gave us more mental space to deal with unanticipated problems as they came up.

        In a nutshell, this event is definitely a memorable one for me as it was the first time for me to get involved in such a large-scaled project. I was glad that I finally able to step out from my comfort zone and learn many new things through this event. That's all for now. Thank you !