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
"I’m going back to Cali…Cali…Cali…"
It looks like my time on the East Coast for this summer has come to an end. In a few minutes, I'm going to be leaving for the airport for that long flight back out to Cali and will be starting classes again in a few weeks. I can't believe that the summer is coming to...
I know that this isn’t B-school related, but…
...but I just had to make a post about this topic.***EDITED: I found a better imageof the photo and have it below***Please check out the picture located at http://photos23.flickr.com/38725768_16c66eb58b.jpg. It was forwarded to me in an email this morning and served...
I’ve found how I’m going to get rich!!!!
OK, I think I've finally figured out how I'm going to get rich in the future...I'm going to start an insurance or pharmaceutical company because I swear that those joints are the biggest money makers in the entire world. I've had several encounters recently that have...
The end of my summer internshiphas arrived
Well, I've made it to the end of my internship and it feels good to have a month of relaxing ahead of me. Going into this summer, people told me that the summer internship would be a breeze, but I definitely had to grind during this one. I'm happy to say that I...
Some perspectives about the GSB
I just sent the following to one of the readers of this blog in response to some questions he had about the GSB. I hope you guys find it helpful if you're planning on applying this year:--------------1. Why do you choose Stanford as you are accepted in other schools...
T-minus one week until the end of my internship…
...and it's been a long 9 weeks so far. Actually, I should say taht it was a long first 8 weeks followed by a relatively easy 9th one. For the first time this summer, I've been able to spend all week here in NYC working on a thought leadership presentation about the...
The project’s ending and my internship won’t be far behind it…
Ahhhhh, I'm back in NYC from my last trip out to Columbus, OH and it feels good to know that I'm not going to have to catch that Monday 7:40am flight anymore. I didn't mind the traveling itself, but it wasn't exactly fun to spend most days of the past 7 weeks in...
"I can see clearly now, the rain is gone…"
"...I can see alllll obstacles in my way..."I'm back in NYC and the weather is actually somewhat agreeable for once. It is still a little humid, but it's not as unbearingly hot as it has been in the past few weekends that I've been back. I might actually be able to...
"It’s gettin’…it’s gettin’…its gettin’ kinda hectic"
Well, I’ve reached the end of another week and I’m back “home†in NYC. The past week was a little more intense at work because we’re approaching crunchtime on our project. We’ve got two weeks left before our deliverable is due and it just so happens that...
Wanna be a baller…
"Wanna be a -- baller, shot callerTwenty inch blades -- on the ImpalaA caller gettin laid tonightSwisher rolled tight, gotta sprayed by IkeI hit the HIIIGHWAY, making money the FLYYYY WAYBut there's got to be a BETT-ER WAYY!A better way, better way, YEAH-AHHHH"I...