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
Recap of the NYC trip – Part 3
OK, I know I’m a few days late on finishing up my recap of last week’s trip to NYC, but this has been a busy week. I’ve been trying to get a lot of things finished before flying down to St. Martin for a much needed vacation. I’ll be down there for a week and,...
Recap of the NYC trip – Part 2
OK, I know I’m late with posting this entry. I had to drive out to the country to visit my mother so I could fix my uncle’s computer. Now that I’m back, I can get to the run-down of these events.Wednesday: The Bain Pre-MBA Program and Goldman Sachs Welcome...
Recap of my Recruiting/Informational event trip to NYC
It is now almost 2am and I just got back home from a trip to NYC a couple of hours ago…I am EXHAUSTED!!! I went up there on Tuesday morning in order to attend Bain & Company’s Pre-MBA Summer Program for Black first-year students on Wednesday and Goldman...
I finally hit the end of the tunnel
What's up, y'all. I know it's been a while since I wrote an entry, but that's because I wanted to make sure I had something worth writing...and, after this past Friday, I do. That day was my final day at FGM Inc and I'm officially unemployed and I'm probably the most...
Why is it so hard to save money???
What's going on, y'all. I know it's been a while since i've done an entry, but that's because I've been super busy recently preparing to end my job (Next friday is my last day) and make my move out to Cali.Now that I an nearing the light at the end of the tunnel for...
Your boy just had his first public speaking appearance…
Last Thursday night, I went back to my hometown and gave the keynote address at the graduation for my middle school. I was invited to do so after a friend of my mother's heard about me getting into Stanford. She said that I had done too much since leaving high school...
A short entry
I'm in the process of packing a bunch of stuff for my family to come pick up in the morning, so this isn't going to be a long entry. I downloaded the pictures I took at last weekend's Princeton Reunions from my digital camera earlier today and I just had to share the...
Whew!
OK, it's finally done...I finally put in my notice of resignation today and I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off of me. I wasn't planning on giving my notice until next Friday afternoon and I'd written the first draft of my letter last night, but I realized...
It looks like I might have to put in my notice sooner than expected
Yesterday, I got an email from the Admissions Office at Stanford saying that they had hired a company to do background checks of all its admitted students for the Class of 2006 to verify the information that they had put in their applications, including information...
I am starting to feel really guilty about leaving my job…
I just got out of a meeting with my personnel manager and now I'm feel all kinds of guilty. Since I transitioned to my current role in January, he has gone a long way toward giving me a lot of opportunities to learn things through new tasking and he's been trying to...