Oct 12, 2009

How has my MBA changed the way I work?

This is a very serious topic. Because if the answer is no, I wonder what I had been doing in the past two year and why I spent all my money

During the first week of work, I had a strange feeling that the past two years had been a dream. Everything about the office remain pretty much the same: The blue carpet, our receptionist Audrey, the sofa at the pentry, the breath-taking view of the Taipei from the office, and the most helpful IT in the world-Terry. I tried so hard to recall the first day of my MBA yet that day seemed even further away than the last day of my analyst years at McKinsey. It was the first time that I felt my MBA was truly over. I felt sad and scared. I wasn't sure how my two years at Berkeley has helped me become a better associate or a more effective leader.

Something must have changed...
..I must have changed...
But what is it?

And then after one project, I realized that the reason why I don't have the answer to this question is because it was the wrong question to ask. Maybe my MBA hasn't trained me to become the most effective McKinsey associate, but it certainly has taught me something way beyond my career: It simply changed the way I think about my life. I learned to accept things that I cannot change and have more couarge to change the things that matter to me. I know it will take practice before I have the wisdom to know the differernce between the two but I will remain open to this journey