What is the goal of your intern work?
Does your intern work have a goal? It should. You should know what you’re working towards and what you want to have accomplished by the end of your internship. If someone asks you what you did at your internship, you should be able to talk their ear off.
A lot of interns wander through their internships aimlessly, doing very little internship work. If you do this, neither you nor the company will get anything out of it. Have a goal for your intern work, and both you and your company will benefit.
Here is the best way I’ve found to approach your internship work after you have your goal. Say you want to accomplish this goal by the end of your 10 week internship. Ask yourself these questions.
What are you going to do to accomplish this goal in the next 10 weeks?
What are you going to do to accomplish this goal in the next 10 days?
What are you going to do to accomplish this goal in the next 10 hours?
What are you going to do in the next 10 minutes?
This process will motivate you towards accomplishing the goals of your internship work. It will also keep you focused and driven. You’ll always have your goal in mind, and your work will always have an aim. It’s also very useful for big projects. Sometimes, projects can seem so big that you don’t know where to begin. By asking these questions, you’ll always relate the end goal of your intern work to what you can do NOW. Go do great intern work.
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