Alfred Eisenstaedt / LIFE
This grumpy-looking old cuss is George Bernard Shaw. He said, “I dream things as they never were and ask, ‘Why not?'”
I’ve always believed this. Being the nerd-bird that I am, that was my senior quote in high school. I see opportunity everywhere – even in things that are said to be impossible. Impossible only means that something hasn’t been done yet.
WETSFM had always had RTVF interns, but never a PR intern. I’m a constant listener of the station, and I followed their social media. I could see that they needed a PR person desperately!!
I contacted the person who is the RTVF internship liaison for WETS and asked how we could do this. Some emails and a meeting later, I was the Fall 2013 PR intern for WETSFM. Woo hoo!
It totally boils down to creating your own opportunities. I had my passion for public radio, I was a consumer of WETSFM, I recognized the need I could fill and I went for it. I connected the dots.
That’s what everyone has to do in this life. You have to look for how your passion can fill a need for someone. You have to always be paying attention and follow your passion and you have to always put that passion to work for you.
This video is of Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement speech. He is talking about connecting the dots in life. It’s less than 15 minutes and totally worth listening to for inspiration.
I’d love to hear from you.
-Tina
One Great Public Radio Intern 