by Marquis | Dec 5, 2016 | About Marquis, About this blog, Business, Business School, career, career path, career-life balance, Education, Education, mentorship, my peoples, shout outs to me
In the words of the immortal Randy Watson, I believe that children are the future…we need to teach them well and let them lead the way :-). And, this topic is the point of this blog entry. First, a little background… Over 20 years ago, during my Freshman...
by Marquis | Dec 13, 2014 | Business, career, career path, career-life balance, consulting, professional advice, real life stuff
The email below is from a reader who is wondering about something that concerns most folks who consider careers in management consulting: the lifestyle. Specifically, he is wondering about how the life of a consultant might impact a young family and, in turn, whether...
by Marquis | May 20, 2014 | affecting change, career, career path, career-life balance, global impact, Non-profit, professional advice
The message below was sent by a college student that I met a couple of years ago while giving a keynote speech at his university, which is a top undergrad business school. He sent his message back in February after he’d locked down his summer internship, which...
by Marquis | Apr 24, 2014 | Business concepts, career, career path, career-life balance, general management, leadership
The message below is from a college Freshman who attended a talk that I delivered back in the Fall. He asked me about a few things in his email, but the most notable one centers on this role in an on-campus organization. He is in a leadership role for the org and has...
by Marquis | Oct 14, 2013 | About Marquis, About this blog, Business, career, career path, career-life balance, mentorship, professional advice, real life stuff, Self-confidence, Stanford GSB
On Oct. 14, 2003, I posted the first entry of this blog back when I was in the early stages of applying to business school. That’s right…this is the 10-year anniversary of my blog. When I started this thing, I never thought that it would still be going...
by Marquis | Apr 1, 2012 | book review, career, career-life balance, Education, real life stuff
Hey, everyone. I’m posting a quick entry to share an article that was recently sent to me by Tim Handorf from the team at BestOnlineColleges.com. Tim thought that it would be tailor-made for the folks who frequent my blog because of many of you are in the middle...
