Term 2 Begins.. The papers this time looks to be much more interesting.. Hope things will remain that way as it unfolds over the next 5 weeks.. We have paper on Competitive Strategy, Marketing Decision Making, Decision Models and Global Economics. Profs. look great going by the profiles.. Mostly Whartons and some from UNC, Mich, etc

 Another realization that happened today is that I am completing 2 months at most (or starting my journey for ISB). Time just flies by.. A lot to achieve in this one year, just no time to waste.. Got to achieve much more this term, though its a very cramped term..

Let the journey begin! 

We are finally done with 1 term or lets say 12.5% MBA. Had a nice 5 day break, more so since the LDP for our section got cancelled at the last moment.. Made most use of the time.. Ate, slept a lot, watched 7-8 movies, did some of my pending jobs..

So, what are the takeaways/learnings from Term 1? Can’t talk about others, but for a person like, I guess, I was trying to learn to swim in the first term, thankfully, have done decent enough in that.. Now ready for taking bigger strides.. lets put it that way..

Term 2 starts tomorrow.. A lot more ground to cover in this term and not just academically.. Also, seems like this is the toughest term in ISB… But, I am not really too worried.. No, I don’t want to sound complacent or over confident, its just that the 6.5 years at Infosys has taught me one thing for sure.. After a certain level, you get immuned to the work stress and pressure and it doesn’t bother you any more.. the moment you start thinking like that, you end up with a cool head and you are bound to do better… As somebody said.."A symptom for nervous breakdown is that you are too engrossed and worried about your work"..

So, I bank on my learnings and declare.. "Bring it on!" Hope I don’t have too many surprises

Cheers! 

So, we are almost at the end of Term 1.. one more day and 2 more exams to go.. 1 down, 7 more to go.. and promises to be full of activities in the coming days.. Not sure how exactly it feels to be 12.5% complete MBA.. may be still not the right time to think.. had 2 papers today - Accounting and Eco.. faired well, much better than the mid-terms.. lets see how things go..

2 more to go tomorrow - Stats (thats the big one!) and Marketing (story writing time).. All right back to studies now.. 

Tuned into Radio ISB sometime back and was listening to Prof. Piyush’s interview. Found something very interesting in his interview so just couldn’t keep off writing this blog.

When asked what’s his message to ISB students, this is what he says:

Make sure you use this one year to become a do-er and not really a know-er. Once you go to the industry people hire you because they want to see you as a do-er and know-er may study a lot and know a lot, but they may not necessarily be good do-er.. So, you should ask yourself what is it in me that the industry will like to have me, why should somebody be willing to work in my team, and ofcourse you should have a thick skin.. Be very clear, forceful and articulate

And lastly, this was the punchline from Prof..

Be a do-er because they are the ones who hire know-er and you want to be the one to hire and not hired. Be the one people will work for and not the one who work for others!

Take that!