During my college festival season, I always took the initiative to go beyond my scope of responsibilities. I successfully ideated a new Dance society with my batchmates from diverse backgrounds. After hours of strategizing and seeking approvals from college authorities, we finally registered the first-ever dance society of our college. We were highly motivated to launch and invite participants from all colleges across the country. To set the plan in motion, we planned the outreach strategy to collaborate for the same. As part of the execution team and liaising with the strategy head, I extensively used secondary data and resources to compile a database of colleges. I ultimately became one of the primary contact points for the planned event. As the day came nearer to the flagship event, our workload also increased simultaneously. On the day of the event, we realised that we had become over-ambitious about the little things, which ultimately led to problems in relation to the footfall of the actual participants and hence overshooting the budget. One of the main reasons we faced issues on the day of the event was that our team needed help to collate and merge all the different perspectives offered during our initial discussions. However, in hindsight, I could have researched in-depth to understand the focus points via robust financial estimates, adding flexibility in project scope and better planning based on sufficient external data to align objectives with execution optimally. The incident taught me numerous lessons to consider while making any crucial strategic decision. In retrospect, I learned the importance of flexibility to adapt to last-minute changes. Thus, I appreciate the collaborative strengths of team members and the importance of seeking diverse opinions. There should be better project management and risk mitigation strategies established prior to the execution of strategic decisions. The initiative has indeed transformed me into a more thoughtful person. I focus on improving my interpersonal skills and strengthening my data analysis to overcome unexpected challenges. This experience taught me that one must understand, introspect and grow from mistakes. We must change our actions and adopt state-of-the-art tools to expect the desired results. Hence, I have enrolled in multiple courses to strengthen the same and participated actively in a myriad of events to further my network and perspectives.