DISCOVERING SELF STRENGTH, BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT AMONG SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT KEMBANGAN SUBDISTRICT WEST JAKARTA

(Preparing Millennials to Excel and Innovate)

Abstract

God created humankind certainly with purposes: as a noble being and caliph on earth with given uniqueness of potential and strength. Humankind is gifted with brain to think, the act of thinking is basically the act of asking, the act of asking is searching for the answers, and searching for the answers is the root of looking for the truth. If we explore and discover these unique potentials of humankind, then we will know the tasks that we need to carry out in our lives to the best of our capabilities. The best of humankind is the ones that benefits others. This Community Service Activity (PKM) carries the main theme of “Preparing Millennials to Excel and Innovate” with a sub-theme: “Discovering Self Strength, Building Entrepreneurial Spirit among Senior High School Students” at Kembangan Subdistrict – West Jakarta. This PKM is a suitable and important programme for the senior high school students to prepare themselves for graduation, especially during this Covid-19 pandemic. The students are provided with new knowledge, mission- visions, as well as mentoring in finding their potentials and strengths, finding paths and ways to success, and understanding about their talents, knowledge, and skills, which will lead to potentials and strengths. It is hope that the students can optimize their strengths and prepare themselves with future challenges:whether to further their studies to higher level, or working with organizations or to become entrepreneurs, or another option is to be part-time students in college while working or being entrepreneurs. All potentials including the entrepreneurial spirit based on creativity need to be grown and nourish among students from now on. “Meeting & Greeting - Sharing & Knowing- Networking” is essential to be prepared among students. Other knowledge in entrepreneurship also needs to be acknowledged and learnt by students, such as accounting and financial governance to help millennial entrepreneurs in managing financial information.