the book does a great job of presenting hbs and
The book does a great job of presenting HBS and the experience of attending Business school in general in an introspective light, coming from someone who thought he didn’t belong there. I think this perspective affords the reader a disc…
- Date
- November 19, 2012
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- Journal
- Reading time
- 2 min read
- Type
- Essay
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- Written by Fiifi
From the archive: Originally shared on 2012-11-19 through fiifiappiah. Language, links, and opinions reflect their original context.
The book does a great job of presenting HBS and the experience of attending Business school in general in an introspective light, coming from someone who thought he didn’t belong there. I think this perspective affords the reader a discerning yet mundane perspective of the the much esteemed school and a unique view of the diverse people in there. To me it essentially sounded like every other school except people are mentally forced to take themselves too seriously at times by emphasizing a self-important dogma of leadership.
Most impressive to me, is how the author manages to squeeze in the grandeur life question of: what is it all for, in between writing about cash flow statements and financial metrics.
One thing that struck accord with me was the whole issue of balance between work and your personal life, definition of success and happiness, and who in the end is happy. When Meg Whitman (ex ebay CEO & billionaire) ponders about how she would forgo her fortune to go back in time to make thing right with friends and family, it makes you wonder.
And lastly, as an international student himself, the author makes note of little bits of things that only fellow international students can pick up on-which is sough of an extra bonus for international student readers.