by Marquis | Mar 9, 2015 | Business, career, Communication, Personal branding, real life stuff
Back in September, I did a talk for a group of students at a university where one of my long-time friends is an administrator. The email below is from one of the students who attended the talk and references a comment that I made about my friend during my remarks. Her...
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 | Nov 24, 2014 | Business, career, Networking, real life stuff
Earlier this Fall, I delivered a speech to a group of college students and covered a range of topics. The email below is from one of the students in that audience. One of the major themes from my talk was the importance of relationships when building your career. This...
by Marquis | Aug 22, 2014 | About Marquis, Business School, career, Education, mba, professional advice, real life stuff, Self-confidence, Stanford GSB
The email below came from a reader who received deferred admission to the Stanford MBA program during this year’s admissions cycle. He reached out because he’s battling with Impostor Syndrome, which is something that my longtime readers will recognize from...
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 | May 7, 2013 | Education, real life stuff, Self-confidence
The email below came to me from a college student with whom I’ve been exchanging emails for a while after meeting him at a past speaking event. Here, he explains how he’s been recognized for being active on his campus, but he’s not sure of how he can...
