The Top 10 Things I Learned in Business School #3 Learn the History of Every Decision Getting a business degree for me was a long lesson in making better decisions. Sure, you get a lot of quant work, which I loved, but on the whole you’re forced to undertake too […]
Top 10 Things I Learned in Business School #4 – Help Everyone You can never do too many people one favor. Really. The author Paulo Coelho has this thing he calls “the favor bank.” You build up credit by doing your friends favors that you can later borrow against. How […]
I don’t think that whirlwind even begins to describe this year. I moved to New Orleans less than a year ago and yet it feels like I’ve been here for years. While I still get a little lost around town (I continuously get Claiborne and Carrollton confused), and the summers are insufferable, […]
Top 10 Things I Learned in Business School #5 – Meet Everyone I have a little over a half hour in my last class of the last semester of my MBA. I got a job this week, which is an amazing opportunity and I am ecstatic about it. I got […]
Top 10 Things I Learned in Business School #6 Vision is Everything When trying to accomplish anything professionally one has to have: a clear sense of where one would like to be the ability to communicate that to others a fairly good idea on how to execute it Being driven […]
Still haven’t decided? Well I saw NBA playoff history last night. Hornets lost by 58. Still, I bet the other places you are looking don’t have NBA playoff teams. Justin
Top 10 Things I Learned in Business School #7 – Read everything you can get your hands on A question I was asked last week was: What is the most important quality you would consider in hiring someone? This was especially important as it was during an interview for a […]
Top 10 Things I Learned in Business School #8 There is always something you can get better at Humility is important in business school. There is way too much to read, get involved in, write, model in excel, and drink. You have to be humble enough to admit your mistakes […]
Top 10 things I learned in business school #9 Be interested in something #10 was a total softball, but an important lesson that many people miss. #9, on the other hand, is an affliction that you have to shake. Great opportunities are around every corner, but sometimes people don’t bother […]
The Top Ten Things I Learned in Business School Number 10: Presentation is Everything Why do (non-MBA) people think stock brokers make so much money? When I was in 9th grade, we had a stock broker come to my economics class and everyone thought the guy was richer than god. […]