A major component of this site is a weblog that has had several lives, from its start as a featured MBA applicant/student blog on a separate site to its own presence on the Blogger system and now to its own domain as my personal website.
As you read through the entries, you'll see me go through three distinct phases in my life:
- Pre-MBA experience: Experiences that one typically goes through before matriculating at business school
- Life as an MBA student: Highs and lows of my time as a student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in much more detail than most would expect to see
- Post-MBA life...and serving as a career/education/life coach to the masses: Responses to questions emailed to me by readers, where I use what I have learned through my own missteps and experiences to help others achieve their goals and avoid making the same misstepsÂ
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Hey, folk. I hope you all had a relaxing 4th of July weekend and are ready to head back into the office tomorrow. I made it back to Chicago earlier today after a long day of traveling and I have a feeling that I'll struggle to stay awake at work tomorrow. Gotta love...
Maintaining Health and Safety Standards: Not Just About Compliance
Hey, everyone. I hope all of you in the U.S. are enjoying the 4th of July weekend. As for me, I'm in the middle of a relaxing trip to the great state of VA to visit my family and it's nice to be back here after several months of being away. Also, it's been nice to sit...
On becoming a responsible manager (insights from Veritas Prep)
The article linked below comes to us from the folks at Veritas Prep and is written by one of their senior MBA admissions consultants, Darren Kowitt. In the article, Kowitt describes his view on what makes a responsible manager and then takes that further to provide...
What is your magic bullet? (great article from Jullien Gordon)
Remember when I mentioned my encounter with my friends Jullien Gordon and Jeremy Wilson last Sunday? Well, I wanted to post the article below from Jullien's site right after that, but was delayed because of the "access issues" that I mentioned in my last entry. Now,...
A Precarious Undertaking: The Business of Transferring Business Smarts to Public Office
What's going on, folk. I'm doing something a little different in this entry and am using it to explore a topic that I don't touch very often on here...politics. I won't be the one analyzing the topic though...I'll leave that to a special invited guest. The article...
The Power of Networking (shout out to Jeremy Wilson and Jullien Gordon)
Hey, everyone. I know it's weird to be seeing two entries posted from me in a 24-hour period, but I couldn't wait to get this one put up here. I'm just getting back home after a DYNAMITE meeting with two of my good friends who are also business/MBA/career bloggers,...
Tips for a soon-to-be MBA1 targeting a career in Consulting
What's happening, folk. I know that it's been a while since I posted an entry, but please know that it isn't because I haven't wanted to do so. I've been seeing a lot of happenings on the news and in the economy that I've wanted to comment on, but I've been SWAMPED...
Internship search tips for a soon-to-be MBA1 student
What's good, folks. I hope you're all doing well. The email below is from a soon-to-be first-year MBA student that I met randomly a couple of years ago. At the time, he was just considering applying to business school, so I was pleasantly surprised to see an email...
10 Mistakes That Will Hurt Your Chances of Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur/Professional
Hey, everyone. I am posting this entry to pass along a really interesting article about success factors for professionals interested in business and entrepreneurship that was sent to me by man Deepak. You'll find an excerpt from the article below and I recommend...
Strategic approach to the job search, Part II – Sourcing opportunities
In this entry, I've presented the second part of my "Strategic approach to the job search" series, which I started sharing in the April 4, 2010 entry. Here, I describe a few ideas about methods for sourcing job opportunities, with a eye toward mid- to high-level...
