Do we change lives?

This was a question I always did to my self in the past.... there are moment when we seat and just start to think, did AIESEC change lives? I'm changin lives? there is a purpouse to being part of AIESEC???? well, this question I made were solved just two years later since I became member of AIESEC... but firs I will start from now....

At MC level... well... I still don't know how I change lives, in my team, in my friends, or other members in the organization, or maybe in the organization it self, in fact maybe I won't know the answer untill coming years.

At LC level... almost the same as the previous point, some members tells me that in my LCP period the LC was stronger than ever... best SSGN LC, a lot of partnership, good support from university and BoA, good work with ceeders, etc etc.... but if that means change lives? untill now the CEEDERS sends me mails telling my their history of succes and greetings for their time in my LC, thanks to the support from my members, and for the friendship they gain in their time in my LC.

At area level... is here where I know that I made a positive impact others life; last year I receive some mails from the SNs I realize... they wrote :"Thanks Yoel, thanks to you my life start to change" ....or... "I'm working abroad!!!!... i still can not believe it! thanks man"....or.... "I supouse to working in a small company in the city, thanks to you I'm working in a very good job"...or.... "I'm going to Peru to visit my family and pack my stuffs and for you, thank you so much for this opportunity you gave me"....or..... "I'll get married!!!! next year! you are invited as beast man!... thank you "Cholito" "..hehehehehehehehe.. those are message from some of my SNs that currently are working in a very good company in Peru, or working abroad in a multinational. Since that moment I say, "Thank AIESEC, I'm changing lives thank to the organization...."

At personal level... this is quit difficult to analize, I need my friends, family, and even more my team for this; they are the only one who saw me as regular university student to an aiesecer, if there is a change, they will see the difference... I'll ask them in the future.... personally point of view, I wan't to thanks AIESEC for this great opportunity... like manage a team with the best background and strong profiles in Peru, to have a holistic view of AIESEC in PERU, and even more, an holistic view of my life, what I want to became, what I want to do in my life.... that knowledge comes from AIESEC but even more from all the people I knew in the organization during my AIESEC career... my team, my friends, my critics, etc....

Thanks AIESEC PERU for change my life and allow me to make a positive impact within my friends, SNs, relatives.... my goal was, is.... and always will be ... being a "positive change agent in the society".

It's AIESEC.... It's up to you!

My first fall... becames a success

As Steve Jobs said, is all about "connecting the dots"... Three years ago, just four months after became part of AIESEC, I was making a traineeship in Banco de Credito in Lima, at the same time working as ceeder in CLPA, and also working with other LC members from CLUL and CLUC, thank to that experience I was very motivated, with a lot of ideas on my mind and wanted to take a leadership role; so I applied for LCVP OGX, I still was in Lima when I applied, but my LC won’t trust on me, maybe because few members really knows me, maybe because I was “too Newie” applying for the EB position, the fact is that I applied for VP OGX together with two great candidates, my VP OGX and other OGX key member… in the first round I lost. :(

How did I feel? Well, of course very sad!!! I was too disappointed with my LC, I was thinking… why…? now what…? My only chance was to wait until next year, I thought "I lost my chance to be LCP, and what can I do now?" (I knew that if I wanted to became LCP I needed to be VP before), you know... I really desired that leadership position, and I really desired to be the VP OGX, but that didn’t happen. To Quit wasn’t an option!!! So I decided to work hard as SN Manager with a new personal goal, to became the best matcher in LC Arequipa, then I started to MATCH every SN who comes to me, hehehe, it was nice, but later I didn’t knew that MATCH will became my inspirational history to stand for AIESEC. (I’ll tell this history in other blog post)

What about my personal goal? … Well by now I Realize 10 SNs and 1 TN from CLAQ and 2 SNs from CLUC, so it means 13 eXchanges in my AIESEC career by now. That is my record. I thing is the Record in AIESEC PERU, I’m not pretty sure, but I’m still happy becouse my personal goal was achieved. OGX Rulez! hehehe