Potential Benefits of Volunteerism

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Can help us develop new skills.
When participating in volunteer activities there are many skills we learned from the activity. For example we learnt about soft skills. Among the skills is teamwork, communication skills, problem solving, time management, attitude and work ethic, and self-confident. Teamwork is a very important thing when doing a group of work. Everyone must know the work on their part. To make a successful teamwork everyone should know every job in every part of their members.

Next is communication. If we join a volunteer that involves talking to the community, communication skills are the important things. When we join this volunteer activity we can learn from experienced people. We can see the way they communicate with the community and from that we can learn and improve our communication skills. We are learning about problem solving. Everything has a solution. We should be able to control emotions when there is a misunderstanding with group members. If our teammate has a problem and he cannot finish it, the other teammate should always help to get things back. Time management is the most important thing while do everything. When we can manage time well all the things will be easy and not stressful.Can helps us build new experience.

People nowadays, consider volunteering as waste of time and resources. They cannot accept the fact that someone can work without remuneration or a salary. For me the public opinion is wrong. Being a volunteer is very good and can release the stress of the work. Otherwise it can get a lot of experience. For example, I volunteered at Tengku Syed Sirajuddin's Polytechnic for the programed Gerak Kerja Usahawan Kampus Zon Utara and I had a non-buyable experience of organizing an event for Polytechnic student Syed Sirajuddin. At that time I was able to experience the setup of everything.

We work with the group and everybody should ensure that each section is no problem. This is because to ensure everything will work smoothly on the day of the incident. This experience has made me to understand that when relying on what others think, we cannot create impact in people life, for example by joining this field of volunteerism. We have to feel it first. Volunteering is not only allowing you to offer your services, but to learn and discover new experience and improve your skills. One secret in volunteer work is to avoid thinking about money because it will bring bad attitude. Young people expect to be paid as they are volunteering because they don't know the rules of being volunteerism.Can Gain Confidence.

When we join volunteers we are faced with many people and that makes us hard to adapt. If we do not have the courage to face the community we can see how well-versed people do it. That way a little bit can increase confidence in us. Volunteering can help us gain confidence by giving us the chance for trying something new and build a real sense of achievement. "Low self-confidence isn't a life sentence. Self-confidence can be learned, practiced, and mastered--just like any other skill.

Once you master it, everything in your life will change for the better." --Barrie Davenport. When I involve in volunteer my confidence level was increasing. I not scare to talk in front of people. I can give best talk to others and give full commitment in every job. That's why I join the volunteer programed. This low self-confidence is caused by negative thoughts running through our minds on an endless track. As long as we think we are not good when dealing with many people as long as our confidence level is not turning back. We must be confident and ignore what people will say. Everything will go smooth if we trust our self.

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