I am studying for bachelor degree in Biomedical Engineering.

Yet, there is no part about medical laboratory in our curriculum.

Learning about clinical laboratory is out of my scope of expertise. Adapting with this expertise, I was also held captive due to academic workload and health issues

(yes, I got diagnosed with high blood pressure during this research. Getting health issues when resolving health issues, life is mesmerizing.)

As someone who is obsessed with consistency and habit, exploring new fields, with different cultures and backgrounds, are always my biggest flaw. Then, here comes research project about financial forecast of company's business unit, with most parts are analyzed from scratch by an intern.

New field, check.

Obligation to interview different stakeholders from various backgrounds, check.

Analyzing finance (my most hated field of study, besides painting and dancing), check.

Yet, my mentor trusted me to do this project.

Reluctantly, I went beyond my comfort zone and did financial feasibility study.

Yes, I DID financial feasibility study.

However, this journey brings me to new revelation about my limiting belief.

Partnering with another intern, we did research about lab services, its service flow, its cost structure and revenue stream, its legal requirements, even each lab service's cost per test. Understanding medical laboratory's atrocious margin, we are able to provide recommendation about my company's business unit based on financial analysis. Me, a genuine engineer with stronger interest towards accuracy and measurement unit than revenue, can put financial feasibility study. It still feels crazy, but yeah here I am.

This journey, brings me perspective about resiliency and growth mindset. Being resilient is not only about

For context, this project is done while I'm working in a tech start-up.

The apparent learning when entering start-up environment is its fast-paced environment. Being an undergraduate student, entrusted with high-level project, mistakes are bound to happen. Being a perfectionist, I refrained myself from exploring new ways, communicating with new people, and taking challenges. What surprises me the most, instead, is how futile my mindset was. Mentors, managers, and seniors always mentioned the importance of admitting mistakes and learning from them. Sure, controlling the damage of our mistakes are essential to prevent collateral impacts. However, it should not be our primary consideration when establishing innovation.

To process challenges, focusing on iterative process and not waterfall process is fundamental. When data shows that your hypothesis is wrong, admit your mistakes as fast as possible and minimize the damage being caused. No one, even our boss, requires anyone to be a 'one-man show' because what you are gonna get is 'one-man wrecking machine'. Instead, communicate your ideas, hypothesis, or even struggles with manager or relevant divisions, then let our superior understand honest, comprehensive situation of projects or events that we handle.