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Top 10 Things I Learned #1 – Stress Won’t Get you a Job or an A

Top 10 Things I Learned #1 Stress Won’t Get you a Job or an A The first semester of business school will put all the time management skills you thought you had to the test. During the course of two years you will become so accostomed to the fast-paced environment, […]

May 27, 2009 ×

Experience, Master of Business Administration, Programs, Uncategorized

Top 10 Things I Learned #2 – It Pays to Get Involved, But…

Top 10 Things I Learned #2 It Pays to Get Involved, But… There are only two entries left in my grand finale! I am going to use them to tell you the two most important lessons that I learned. Number Two: It pays to be involved, but you must also […]

May 26, 2009 ×

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Top 10 Things I Learned #3 – Learn the History of Every Decision

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 […]

May 25, 2009 ×

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Top 10 Things I Learned #4 – Help Everyone

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 […]

May 21, 2009 ×

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A (school) year in review

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, […]

May 21, 2009 ×

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Top 10 Things I Learned #5 – Meet Everyone

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 […]

May 6, 2009 ×

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Top 10 Things I Learned #6 – Vision is Everything

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 […]

May 2, 2009 ×

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Backyard Lamb Roast

Backyard Lamb Roast

Our Greek classmate, Christos wanted to do something for his birthday. He ended up borrowing this setup from our Greek professor and proceeded to roast a whole lamb in my backyard. I’m looking at a lot of happy classmates right now. Knud Berthelsen

April 30, 2009 ×

Experience, Master of Business Administration, New Orleans, Programs

Dave at Jazz Fest last weekend. Go ahead… Just pack your bags. I’ll see you in July.

Dave at Jazz Fest last weekend. Go ahead… Just pack your bags. I’ll see you in July.

Dave at Jazz Fest last weekend. Go ahead… Just pack your bags. I’ll see you in July. Justin

April 29, 2009 ×

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Still haven’t decided? Well I saw NBA playoff history last night. Hornets lost by 58.

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

April 28, 2009 ×