chesstitans wrote:
mikemcgarry,
Skywalker18,
GMATNinjaTwo,
GMATNinja,
sayantanc2kbb,
abhimahna hello, I have questions.
Should I learn a new langugage or get a high score in gmat?
How people applied for a grad school, or a MBA school during the winter decades ago?
Dear
chesstitans,
I'm happy to respond.
I see that two of my brilliant colleagues,
abhimahna and
GMATNinja, gave you thoughtful responses. I'm going to take a different tack.
My friend, there is something absurd about asking such a big question of someone else. Yes, up to a point you should get advice on strategies, but at a certain point, it's no longer about strategy--it's about who you are. Who are you? What is your life about? What statement are trying to make with your life? What is the vision that guides you? What is the deep intention that undergirds all that you do? Nobody else can give you answers to such questions, and the more clearly you can get on the answers to these questions, the more you will stand head and shoulders above most B-school applicants.
You have to understand the "
why" behind all of your choices. See this
Simon Sinek TED talk. As long as you are making choices to impress other people, you are not living; furthermore, people often feel this and are not impressed any way. You have to make choices that are deeply congruent with who you are and what your life is about. If you live firmly that way and can communicate that, people will be blown away!
Don't learn another language because it would look good, because it would impress someone else. Learn another language if you absolutely have to in order to walk the path you intend to walk. Learn another language if not learning it meant you couldn't become the person you need to become.
People who live from the outside in are often dissatisfied and find success elusive. People who live from the inside out often have a satisfaction that is not contigent on outer success, and ironically, such an attitude more readily leads to success.
Does all this make sense?
Mike
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Mike McGarry
Magoosh Test PrepEducation is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. — William Butler Yeats (1865 – 1939)