tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88661732807840040482024-02-20T18:55:01.033-08:00INTUIT MBA INTERN SUMMER 2008This blog details my experience as an MBA intern on the online advertising team for Turbotax.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-17827562797248170242008-07-23T10:49:00.001-07:002008-07-23T10:49:33.843-07:0010 KEYS TO CLIMBING THE CORPORATE LADDER FAST!!!!<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Csrao1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} /* List Definitions */ @list l0 {mso-list-id:1204635647; mso-list-type:hybrid; mso-list-template-ids:-354105304 67698705 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715;} @list l0:level1 {mso-level-text:"%1\)"; mso-level-tab-stop:.5in; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in;} ol {margin-bottom:0in;} ul {margin-bottom:0in;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">
<br /><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a name="OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Want to know how to climb the corporate ladder in rapid fashion? After completing 12 weeks of working as an MBA Intern, I compiled my list of what I consider 10 of the greatest tips for success in you career and life. <o:p></o:p></span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="">1)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">BE PRESENT- This is hands down my greatest take away for success in life, relationships, and your career. When I picked up the Eckhart Tolle book that I read, it was like his words began to echo in my life. From senior executives to people I met at various bars in <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">San Diego</st1:city></st1:place>, the greatest wisdom I’ve gained is the need and ability to be present.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="">2)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Be a learner- I may have heard this in an organizational behavior class. But, I have to say that in this summer I’ve learned more in 3 months than I have in 3 years because I was willing to be a sponge. I soaked up as much information as I could and now I feel like somewhat of a subject matter expert in my field. Become addicted to learning and your passion will come across. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="">3)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Embrace your strengths – For half my adult life I have tried to improve all the things I am weak at. While it’s ok to fix things, I think that embracing your strengths is really the key to a successful life. Find what you love, and what you are good at and the rest will fall into place<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="">4)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Be flexible – Life is full of curve balls. As many self improvement gurus have said, it’s not about what happens to you, but how you react to it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="">5)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Be Patient- My best friend once said “It’s not a race. What are you going to do, race to the death?” Too often in life we are in such a hurry to make everything happen and the irony is being in a hurry slows you down<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="">6)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Learn to Control your energy- Energy is an amazingly powerful, yet intangible force. The right energy can literally make miracles happen in your life. With good energy you draw the most amazing circumstances.<span style=""> </span>I left my car in <st1:place st="on">La Jolla</st1:place> over night where they ticket like mad, and I got no parking ticket.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="">7)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Know your Story- This is a strange one. But, your story is the story you tell yourself. If you tell yourself a story of failure then that’s exactly what it becomes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="">8)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Don’t be Realistic- Realism is just pessimism disguised as practicality.<span style=""> </span>Rational thinking never made anybody famous. In fact, it might have killed a man or two<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="">9)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">You’re always Networking- Whether you know it or not, you are always networking. However, you don’t want to go out with the idea of “I’m networking.” Just talk to people and let it all happen. Last year at a bar,<span style=""> </span>a southern real estate mogul who owned shopping malls, practically offered me a job after a 5 minute conversation. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="">10)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style=""> </span>Choose the right job – Most people will make choices based on money. While we may need it to survive the people who have been willing to give up everything and take risks often have tremendous success. There is a great deal of truth to the statement “the greater the risk, the greater the reward.”<span style=""> </span>It’s ironic when you’re willing to give up your attachment to things, how easy it becomes to obtain them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span style=""></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-50008971537589238282008-07-22T16:44:00.001-07:002008-07-22T16:44:13.790-07:00Search Every Craigslist Site at OnceFor MBA job seekers who are reading this, I posted this because it's extremely useful if you want to do a job search on Craigslist across multiple geographic locations. <br/><br/><a href='http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Search_Every_Craigslist_Site_at_Once'>read more</a> | <a href='http://digg.com/gadgets/Search_Every_Craigslist_Site_at_Once'>digg story</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-2580132168165143702008-07-18T09:27:00.000-07:002008-07-18T10:40:55.180-07:00Reflections, Looking, Back and more....<span style="font-family: arial;">This morning was I was driving to work, I was reflecting on the time that I've spent at Intuit over the last 12-13 weeks. Then I started to think about my career as a whole and the journey. When I graduated from college, I was living in a delusional world with expectations that everything should be handed to me on a silver platter and that I shouldn't have to work for less than a certain amount. It was basically the ego of the first dot com generation. We all felt entitled to say the least. <br /><br />When I look back over the last 13 weeks, one thing really stands out to me. The amount of personal growth I've experience over the summer is probably equivalent or greater than the personal growth I've experienced since I graduated from college. Personal growth from come from a number of experiences, moving to a new city where you don't know anybody, working in an industry where you have absolutely NOTHING in common with the people you are working with, working somewhere that forces you to deal with people from ALL walks of life and more. While this isn't my final blog post for my intern blog, it's getting really close. But the advice I would give somebody when searching for a job or an internship is, don't just look at whats going to give you professional growth, look at something that will give you the opportunity for personal growth too because the personal growth is the fuel for your professional growth.<br /><br /><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-31568147972635935272008-07-15T15:11:00.000-07:002008-07-15T15:12:17.532-07:00Business School vs. the Real World<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link style="font-family: arial;" rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Csrao1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype style="font-family: arial;" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype style="font-family: arial;" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype style="font-family: arial;" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype style="font-family: arial;" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>After spending a summer working in corporate <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>, I realized that you go to business school to get your MBA and they basically will give you a piece of paper with three letters on the end of your name.<span style=""> </span>Then you start working and you have to earn your degree all over again. <span style=""> </span>While you do learn a good amount in the classroom, the classroom is about the fundamentals of business. Most of that stuff doesn’t change, but bringing those skills into the real world forces you to evolve and combine the b-school skills with the real world skills. In school things are pretty black and white. In the real world, there’s a good amount of grey area. There’s way more risk involved. But, that’s what makes it interesting!!!<o:p></o:p></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-76233356006539450482008-07-15T13:29:00.001-07:002008-07-15T13:29:12.164-07:00Free Money...Compliments of the IRSIt’s no fun sitting on the sidelines while the IRS gives out $100 billion in free money -- and you watch friends and family spend it to fill their gas tanks or take summer vacations.<br/><br/><a href='http://turbotax.intuit.com/support/kb/tax-content/tax-tips/6317.html'>read more</a> | <a href='http://digg.com/educational/Free_Money_Compliments_of_the_IRS'>digg story</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-86665334099247590102008-07-15T13:09:00.001-07:002008-07-15T13:09:48.384-07:00Free Money...Compliments of the IRSIt’s no fun sitting on the sidelines while the IRS gives out $100 billion in free money -- and you watch friends and family spend it to fill their gas tanks or take summer vacations.<br/><br/><a href='http://turbotax.intuit.com/support/kb/tax-content/tax-tips/6317.html'>read more</a> | <a href='http://digg.com/educational/Free_Money_Compliments_of_the_IRS'>digg story</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-65726265576253595512008-07-14T18:10:00.000-07:002008-07-14T18:17:12.993-07:00Being in the Moment<span style="font-family: arial;">I wrote a previous blog post about this subject where I talked about being present. The reason I'm writing about it again is because I feel like it's really an ongoing theme in my growth this summer. The power of presence has made me realize that it really is essential to your happiness. What I've found is that in my career and in my life, I've always been worried about getting ahead. It's ironic that the extreme desire to get ahead can actual be counterproductive. You'd think that a focus on getting ahead would get you there. Ironically excessive focus on getting ahead reduces the quality of the work you are currently producing.<br /><br />After reading a ton of books this summer, listening to podcasts, hearing executives talk, I realized that when you can master presence, the rest of your success in life is just a byproduct of being present. Looking back over the course of my internship, I would say the major thing I was guilty of was being so obsessed with making my internship lead to a full time offer that it actually took away from the experience to some degree. So, my one piece of advice to anybody in any internship is to go ahead and let the cards fall where they may, enjoy yourself, work hard, and live in the now, not the future. <br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-31866297240247182012008-07-11T10:30:00.000-07:002008-07-11T10:39:53.433-07:00The law of attraction<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MulLAfffQoQ&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MulLAfffQoQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br />I thought I would post this as a blog post today because it seems to be very relevant to my life. Recently I read a book called a New Earth by Eckhart Tolle and for some reason every time I'm out in public or everywhere I go, I seem to attract people who have read this book. It's happen probably close to 6 times in the last month which makes me realize that your own thought process is tremendously powerful. If something as simple as a book is drawing these people to me, then imagine the power behind what you can do with this. So, just a cool video I wanted to share.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-69994376187044071972008-07-10T08:20:00.000-07:002008-07-10T08:21:42.546-07:00Patience and Humility<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Csrao1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">One of the things that I realized yesterday after hearing the talk from our CMO, was that patience has been something I’ve never been really good at. Yet, the value that patience has is tremendously valuable. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Patience is a sign of power and control, and most people don’t have it, so when you are patient other people are influenced by it.<span style=""> </span>One of the members in my marketing group was tremendously patient and I learned more from him than I ever expected. He was extremely patient in highly turbulent periods of the semester and made our team run like clockwork. When I think about this desire to get ahead, the desire to get promoted, the desire to climb the ladder I always remember the words of my best friend from college when she said “It’s not a race Srini. What are you going to do, race to the death?”<span style=""> </span>To me those words are so important now that I will probably print them out and put them on my wall in my first office when I get done with business school. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-11360997984351759372008-07-09T15:10:00.000-07:002008-07-09T15:30:15.072-07:00Intern Briefing with Intuit CMOI wanted to write this blog entry right away while all of the ideas/career advice that Intuit CMO shared with us. One of the first things he did was he talked about his career journey which I think almost all people who do these kinds of presentations do, but he had an interesting spin that I hadn't seen before. He showed his career journey in terms of the trajectory (jobs, life events, etc) on the x axis, but on the y-axis of this he showed his emotional energy level which was really an interesting way to think about things. After he talked about that and about Intuit, he opened up the floor for questions and this was really great because one thing I've realized with these executives is that time with with them is invaluable because they really are booked back to back. So, I've written a pseudo-transcript of my questions<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />If you could give us three pieces of career advice that you would say have really been responsible for your success what would you say those are? </span><br /><br />1) Foundation- Choose a place what will provide you with a solid foundation for your career. Make sure it's somewhere that will give you the kind of training/experience that will be invaluable throughout your career. When I look at resumes I always will look for whether this person has had the foundation necessary to succeed.<br /><br />2) A role that gets noticed- Make sure that whatever you are working on has a great deal of visibility. This can be challenging in large corporate environments, but if you are working on something that has a great deal of visibility, then you will be at the top of mind across the organization.<br /><br />3) Innovation/Teamwork- Well, I can't remember if this was exact. But, he did talk about how companies are being forced to be innovative in order to succeed and those that don't innovate are becoming obsolete. Even the most old school businesses are innovating.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What are the things that you took into consideration when choosing your first employer and what do you think are the main criteria to choosing the right employer? </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />Look for companies that value these criteria. The problem with companies that don't value these criteria is that you may get ahead by stepping on people, but you have to ask yourself is that the kind of environment you want to work in?<br />1) Leadership<br />2) Problem Solving<br />3) Communication<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What are your thoughts on the speed at which somebody gets promoted and moving up the ladder quickly in your career? </span><br /><br />Don't be in a hurry. Believe it or not, usually when the times it took me longer to get promoted were the most valuable to my career. As a result of having two extra years before a promotion, I was able to observe at least two extra business cycles which ended being very different than the first and as a result I had even a stronger foundation.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What do you think of this Web 2.0 thing? Are we headed for another 1999-style dot com bust or have we learned from our mistakes? (this was really interesting)</span><br /><br />Google actually believe it or not has hired a guy who's like an internet historian. He's like a professor of the internet and they hired him because they can hire anybody. But this guy's job is to sit around think about the internet and where it's headed. The prediction is that the internet as we know it today has reached about 10% of it's evolution. This basically means we've probably still got some boom and bust cycles to come, but we're getting smarter and more disciplined about how we do this. There will definitely be shake out, but the downturns also always result in creation of new businesses.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-88692937870566577402008-07-09T10:47:00.000-07:002008-07-09T12:28:02.707-07:00The Final StretchWell, I thought I'd write a quick blog post on the final stretch. I'm about 12 working days away from being done with my internship. I started much earlier than most MBA students, but it has been a jam packed summer with a ton of learning opportunity. I've gained significant expertise in areas I was previously unfamiliar with. I'd like to think that I've added value to my resume that will make me quite marketable. I was in the middle of wrapping up one of my projects and came to realize how much I really did use skills from my MBA to work on my projects. I think the biggest challenge I've had as an MBA is to be concise and to the point. But, when I write things now, I think about how much shorter I can make everything. I'll have another update on my wrap up and some video footage posted pretty soon. Oh yeah, if you ever get to live in San Diego, do it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-10350204044062789562008-07-08T13:20:00.000-07:002008-07-08T13:28:11.941-07:005 FASTEST WAYS TO FIND A JOB<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link style="font-family: arial;" rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Csrao1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link style="font-family: arial;" rel="Edit-Time-Data" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Csrao1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_editdata.mso"><!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; 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<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;font-family:arial;"><span style="">2)<span style="font-size:7;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->LINKEDIN- Linkedin is probably the most awesome thing in the world for finding jobs. Linkedin can help you find hiring managers, contact info and more. Here’s some cool ways to get right in touch with people. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; font-family: arial;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;font-family:arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">·<span style="font-size:7;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Find a job on indeed or simplyhired</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;font-family:arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">·<span style="font-size:7;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Do a search for the title/department and company on Linkedin</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;font-family:arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">·<span style="font-size:7;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Make a list of names</p><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OvDrEwF07y4/SHPMO2b0_tI/AAAAAAAAAJA/mPj6c5bRyg4/s1600-h/linkedin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OvDrEwF07y4/SHPMO2b0_tI/AAAAAAAAAJA/mPj6c5bRyg4/s400/linkedin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220740948555005650" border="0" /></a>
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<br /></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-39446137382681127822008-07-03T09:46:00.000-07:002008-07-03T10:20:46.805-07:00Feedback, Innovation, and more....I thought I'd share a little bit of information on my performance review and the general guidance that is provided to interns from a career standpoint. One thing that continually amazes me about working here is how strongly managers work on helping you shape your career and align it to your strengths. The great thing about the feedback process at Intuit is that you don't just get one person making a decision and deciding your fate. Feedback is provided from all the teams and all the people you work with. They also give you advice in terms of what you're doing well, what you can do better, and what you shouldn't do. This is really great because it makes you well rounded and you get very well rounded feedback. I had a positive review, with some suggestions on things I could improve. The great part was my boss said he would help me no matter what I decide to do. AT the end of the day I've seen how business planning and strategy is done for a business that generates over a billion dollars in revenue in 12 weeks. <br /><br />Another thing that's really amazing about this place is that it is truly innovative. With the recent addition of unstructured time (similar to Google), there's opportunities galore that are very entrepreneurial in nature. That means you get 10% of your time to work on projects and there is now Intuit labs. Needless to say, working as an Intuit intern is a very mind-blowing experience.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-7437598669349175942008-07-02T11:13:00.000-07:002008-07-02T11:27:00.608-07:00The most efficient construction company in the worldWith a title like that you must be wondering, what kind of construction company can become known as the most efficient construction company in the world. Well, somehow I seem to keep coming back to the same theme. It's the one in your head. That's right, it's known as your brain. The world around you, the life you have, the job situation, life as you've come to know it as a mental construct, created by energy and thought. Think about how fast things go from idea to inception in today's world. Think about how much has changed in just 10 years from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0. The failure of Friendster resulted in the success of Myspace and Facebook. People can micro blog and tell you every detail of their life in on Twitter. The rate at which information transfers is something that was inconceivable a few years ago. Only something as efficient as your mind can construct and conceive such rapid innovation. <br /><br />So, what does that have to do with my internship, career success, etc? If all of it is a mental construct created by energy and thought, that means that you can ultimately control how successful or unsuccessful you are in your career. It all really depends on what the focus of your life is on a daily basis. In the early part of my career I worked in sales and I spent about 80% of my time fearing that I wouldn't make quota and wouldn't have a job. That thought pattern carried over into other areas of my life, and needless to say it was a self destructive pattern. If there's anything the first year of my MBA program taught me, it was how to control my focus and be aware of self-destructive thought patterns and tendencies. <br /><br />The other night I had dinner with a high school friend who is now a doctor. When I asked her about residency she described some rather stressful experiences like trying perform a surgical procedure at 3am after no sleep, where one slip could cause somebody to die and nobody was there to help. She was an extremely mild mannered person in high school, but I could tell the experienced had actually made her quite a bit tougher, in a good way. So, I guess what the point is that life, your jobs, your internships, will all throw curve balls at you, and it's now what happens but how you react to what happens that will determine your success.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-56470266352919159592008-07-01T14:05:00.000-07:002008-07-01T14:23:08.353-07:0010 Classic TV Show introsPERFECT STRANGERS<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8vbnLYROCj8&hl=en"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8vbnLYROCj8&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />PUNKY BREWSTER<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hKGX8GZ3BV0&hl=en"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hKGX8GZ3BV0&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />GROWING PAINS<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/liFmMcmigsQ&hl=en"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/liFmMcmigsQ&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />WONDER YEARS<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-CZRudxD-NQ&hl=en"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-CZRudxD-NQ&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />BOSSOM BUDDIES<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ORKyyHBy6JQ&hl=en"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ORKyyHBy6JQ&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />CHARLES CHARGE IN CHARGE<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CZ2pQ0YF_ak&hl=en"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CZ2pQ0YF_ak&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />FAMILY TIES<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iliLnQmaEOA&hl=en"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iliLnQmaEOA&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />WHO'S THE BOSS? <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ojc02OvZVo8&hl=en"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ojc02OvZVo8&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />FULL HOUSE<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VstP2jqJcQM&hl=en"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VstP2jqJcQM&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />DIFFERENT STROKES<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Uz-sf5UEzc&hl=en"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Uz-sf5UEzc&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-43310702665437840962008-06-30T10:05:00.000-07:002008-06-30T10:23:29.341-07:00Leadership, Career Growth, and Evolution“Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.”<br />-Eckhart Tolle<br /><br />I was trying to think of a subject line and a starting point for my blog entry today and as I was listening to the Eckhart Tolle Audiobook, A New Earth, I stopped when I heard the above quote and decided to write today's blog entry. <br /><br />A few days ago, I had written a post on being present, which was inspired by an employee orientation that I attended. One of the components of the new employee orientation was a presentation from one of the senior leaders in the company. The senior leader described her own evolution both personally and professionally here at Intuit. This was yet another thing that really amazed me about the culture here at Intuit. Employees at Intuit are empowered to succeed and build on what their strengths are and focus on what they are passionate about. Her own passion was building and leading teams. She also talked about how she had helped others become focused on areas they were passionate about. Finally, she concluded her presentation with some general career advice, and the one that stood out to me the most was to "Be Present." <br /><br />Although I already wrote about it when I heard the quote at the beginning of the is blog post, it made me think about careers, personal growth and more. I look back at the earlier part of my career which was an unpleasant but character building experience, and realize that life was giving me the experience that was most helpful for the evolution of my consciousness. So my advice to MBA students, regardless of your situation, if you're at a top tier school with more jobs than you know what do with, or if you're at a second tier school struggling to find the right job, or if you are applied and didn't get into your dream school, is to keep the above words in mind.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-55374708806734030442008-06-27T14:19:00.000-07:002008-06-27T17:03:56.166-07:00How to live longerLast night I was lucky enough to see the legendary blues singer BB KING. What amazed me wasn't his ability to perform but, the guy's energy. At the age of 82 he still had the energy to sit on stage and entertain a large crowd. For a guy who is on the verge of dying, he seemed to be in quite a jovial mood. He was a great story teller.<br /><br />The one thing I realized is this guy has lived to be 82 because he's happy. People spend so much time making life more difficult then it needs to be. So, may one tip for the day is find whatever you can to make you smile and spend at least 15 minutes a day thinking about it. It'll probably add 10 years to your life.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-77464934548118709612008-06-26T15:10:00.000-07:002008-06-26T15:12:35.532-07:00 5 Best First Person Narrators- Actor’s whose voices you wish where in your head<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Csrao1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">1. MORGAN FREEMAN –</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION/PENGUINS</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">It would be difficult to argue against the fact that Morgan Freeman has the greatest storytelling voice of all time. In Shawshank Redemption his ability to tell the story was what made the movie. The guy’s voice is so great he managed to make a movie about Penguins with no actors absolutely incredible. If the voice in your headed sounded like this you’d probably sleep like a baby every single night. This guy could probably narrate a story about two people staring at each other for 5 hours and you’d find it interesting. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">2. Daniel Stern </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">“The voice of the Wonder Years”</span></span><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Let’s face it Fred Savage was pretty worthless without that voice inside his head. Those quirky insights and hilarious commentary was all Daniel Stern. Yes, it’s that other guy from Home Alone who was Joe Pesci’s partner in crime. He is the voice of Kevin Arnold. <span style=""> </span>Can you imagine waking up every morning with that voice in your head? Just brushing your teeth and taking a dump would be a captivating story. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">3. Edward Norton- </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fight Club </span></span><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Talk about a storyteller. Having his voice inside your head might be a bit disturbing. But, this guy in my mind is one of the most versatile actors around. Hopefully you’d have his voice in your head and not Tyler Durden’s voice. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">4. Johnny Depp – </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">BLOW</span></span><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">After watching this movie, I wanted to be the largest distributor of narcotics in the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> and hang out with Pablo Escobar. The way he told the story made every moment poetic. When he described Pablo Escobar and said “For those you have been on the moon the last 20 year’s, he was it, the king of it all, El Majico” that made the scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">5. Robert Deniro-</span></b><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:Arial;" >CASINO</span><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">After this you feel like you want to be in the Maffia. Can you imagine walking around, going to bars, clubs, etc, with this guy’s voice in your head. “When she ordered a long island, I just knew right then and there I was F#$#$d. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-5548607996914850822008-06-26T11:29:00.001-07:002008-06-26T11:40:31.387-07:00Be PresentI know that I've spent a good deal of time writing about thinking about your future, thinking about your job search and more. One of the things that humanity as a whole has become completely obsessed with is progress. Ironically, so much of our progress has led to misery. We become obsessed with getting ahead and moving forward, so that there is never any ability to be present. You can see this all around you.<br /><br /><ul><li>The person who sits in a restaurant or a bar looking at their cell phone or their watch waiting for the other person</li><li>The person who spends all their time planning for the future, writing down ideas, and never acting on them</li><li>The person who lives in the past and constantly starts stories with "I used to"</li><li>Waiting for events or circumstances to be favorable in order to have a favorable emotional response</li></ul>When you are not present, you are in a mental prison which keeps your from reaching your full potential. This mental prison is really responsible for the state of misery you are in. At the rate that information reaches us today through mediums like the Internet, there is a tremendous danger that humanity will not only perpetuate this misery but fuel rapid spread of this misery.<br /><br />After my recent reading of the Eckhart Tolle Book <span style="font-style: italic;">A New Earth, </span>I realized that when you get to the future you are still in the present moment, and the future will continue to exist until you die.<br />You will find that the more present you are, the more power and impact your interactions with people will have. Just to be clear, I'm not saying don't have goals, don't plan, the key is to make plans and not concern yourself with arriving at your destination. In other words, enjoy the journey.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-34291040367866589322008-06-25T15:52:00.000-07:002008-06-25T15:55:29.301-07:009 most pointless groups on Facebook-The Power of Web 2.0<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OvDrEwF07y4/SGLMhxVGCTI/AAAAAAAAAHA/xD2WKK679MI/s1600-h/grp2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OvDrEwF07y4/SGLMhxVGCTI/AAAAAAAAAHA/xD2WKK679MI/s400/grp2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215956198998018354" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OvDrEwF07y4/SGLMiBn6TXI/AAAAAAAAAHI/GzNpmVgcW0o/s1600-h/grp3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OvDrEwF07y4/SGLMiBn6TXI/AAAAAAAAAHI/GzNpmVgcW0o/s400/grp3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215956203371908466" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OvDrEwF07y4/SGLMje9ljCI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/Q3W2GdEnwYM/s1600-h/grp4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OvDrEwF07y4/SGLMje9ljCI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/Q3W2GdEnwYM/s400/grp4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215956228427320354" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OvDrEwF07y4/SGLMjQXfuJI/AAAAAAAAAHY/OMBy3Z1Csck/s1600-h/grp5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OvDrEwF07y4/SGLMjQXfuJI/AAAAAAAAAHY/OMBy3Z1Csck/s400/grp5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215956224509458578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OvDrEwF07y4/SGLMVE-jKYI/AAAAAAAAAG4/Tj728wslAvE/s1600-h/grp1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OvDrEwF07y4/SGLMVE-jKYI/AAAAAAAAAG4/Tj728wslAvE/s400/grp1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215955980933867906" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-49584560136612706932008-06-24T11:27:00.001-07:002008-06-24T11:28:34.065-07:00Pure Energy<span style="font-family:arial;">This is an article written by my friend Brent Smith and I thought I'd post it here for the world to see.<br /><br /><br /><br />Pure Energy (by Brent Smith)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm always telling you that it's your "energy" </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">that's the key to having an extraordinary life </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">but some of you are having a hard time grasping </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">the concept. So, I think it's time that I explain </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">it. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Here it goes:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Nobel Prize winning physicists have proven beyond </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">doubt that the physical world is one large sea of </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">energy that flashes into and out of being in </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">billionth's of a second, over and over again. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This is the world of quantum physics. They've </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">proven that thoughts are what put together and </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">hold together this ever-changing energy field into </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">the "objects" that you see. So why do you see a </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">person instead of a flashing cluster of energy? </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Think of a movie reel. A movie is a collection of </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">about twenty-four frames a second. Each frame is </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">separated by a gap. However, because of the speed </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">at which one frame replaces another, your eyes get </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">cheated into thinking that you see a continuous </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">and moving picture. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Think of a television. A TV tube is simply a tube </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">with heaps of electrons hitting the screen in a </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">certain way, creating the illusion of form and </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">motion. This is what all objects are. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">You have five physical senses:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Sight, sound, touch, smell, taste. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Each of these senses has a specific spectrum; for </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">example, a dog hears a different range of sound </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">than a human does; a snake sees a different </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">spectrum of light than you do; and so on. In </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">other words, your set of senses perceives the sea </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">of energy from a certain limited standpoint and </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">makes up an image from that. It's not complete, </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">nor is it accurate. It's just an interpretation. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">All of your interpretations are solely based on an </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">"internal map" of reality and not the real truth. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Your "map" is a result of your personal life's </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">collective experiences. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Your thoughts are linked to this invisible energy </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">and they determine what the energy forms. Your </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">thoughts literally shift the universe on a </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">particle-by-particle basis to create your physical </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">life. Look around you. Everything you see in </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">your physical world started as an idea, an idea </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">that grew as it was shared and expressed, until it </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">grew enough into a physical object through any </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">number of steps. You literally become what you </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">think about most. Your life becomes what you have </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">imagined and believed in most. The world is </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">literally your mirror, enabling you to experience </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">in the physical plane what you hold as your </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">truth...until you change it. Quantum physics shows </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">us that the world is not the hard an unchangeable </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">thing it may appear to be. Instead, it's a very </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">fluid place, continuously built up using your </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">individual and collective thoughts. What you </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">think is "true" is really an illusion, almost like </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">a magic trick. Fortunately we've begun to uncover </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">the illusion and most importantly, how to change </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">it. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">What is your body made of?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Nine systems including cardiovascular, nervous, </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">and skeletal systems. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">What are those made up of?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Tissues and organs.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">What are tissues and organs made of?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Cells.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">What are cells made of?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Molecules.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">What are molecules made of?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Atoms.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">What are atoms made of?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Sub-atomic particles.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">What are sub-atomic particles made of?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Energy!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">You are pure energy. Energy that is constantly </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">changing beneath the surface, and you control it </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">all with your powerful mind. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">If you could see yourself under a powerful </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">electron microscope and conduct other experiments </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">on yourself, you would see that you are made up of </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">a cluster of ever-changing energy in the form of </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">electrons, neutrons, photons, and so on. And so </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">is everything else around you. Quantum physics </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">tells us that it is the act of observing an object </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">that causes it to be there where and how we </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">observe it. An object does not exist </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">independently of its observer! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">So, as you can see, your observation, your </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">attention to something, and your intention, </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">literally creates that thing. This is scientific </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">and proven. Your world is made up of spirit, </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">mind, and body. Each has a function that is </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">unique to it and not shared with the other. What </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">you see with your eyes and experience with your </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">body is the physical world-which we call BODY. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Body is an effect, created by a cause. This cause </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">is THOUGHT. Body cannot create. It can only </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">experience and be experienced; that is its unique </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">function. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Thought cannot experience-it can only make up, </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">create, and interpret. It needs a world of </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">relativity (the physical world, i.e. body) to </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">experience itself. SPIRIT is "all that is;" that </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">which gives life to THOUGHT and BODY. Body has no </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">power to create, although it gives the illusion of </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">power to do so. This illusion is the cause of </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">much of your frustration. Body is purely an </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">effect and has no power to cause or create. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The key to all of this information is how you </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">learn to see the universe differently than you do </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">now so that you can manifest everything you truly </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">desire. Change the way you look at things and the </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">things you look at will change. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Try it and let me know what happens!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-41477376697572205932008-06-24T11:08:00.000-07:002008-06-24T11:15:33.838-07:00Top 10 Reasons to get your MBA (ridiculous reasons included)<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Csrao1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:2; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:0 268435456 0 0 -2147483648 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} /* List Definitions */ @list l0 {mso-list-id:1848321173; mso-list-type:hybrid; mso-list-template-ids:1296492594 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693;} @list l0:level1 {mso-level-number-format:bullet; mso-level-text:; mso-level-tab-stop:.5in; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in; font-family:Symbol;} ol {margin-bottom:0in;} ul {margin-bottom:0in;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">1. Change Careers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Among the list of reasons that many people go back to business school, probably the top one is to change careers.<span style=""> </span>I would venture to say that half of my class came in to change careers. What’s the downside for career changes? Be prepared to take some steps back in pay, and status.<span style=""> </span>The entertainment industry is notorious for having Harvard MBA’s working in the mailroom. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">2. Career Advancement<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">If you are looking to rise in the ranks, these days an MBA is pretty essential. It gives you an opportunity to apply for higher level positions, take an internship in a higher level position, and more. Additionally, you can probably get a higher salary.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">3. Intellectual curiosity<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">This is a high price to pay to satisfy intellectual curiosity. You could just read articles on digg.com and reddit all day for free. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">4. Move to a new location<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">This is a great excuse to jump ship from your current location and move somewhere new. Moving to a new location is a tremendous personal growth experience and forces you out of your comfort zone. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">5. Happy Hour<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Let’s face it. No B-school experience is complete without a bit of excessive drinking. In the MBA world, we call it “networking.” <span style=""> </span>Some of the benefits of “networking”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Random Conversations<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Bar tabs that make your eyes pop out of your head<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">You celebrate when the bar tab is below triple digits<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">6. Study abroad programs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">It’s the perfect excuse to make up for not studying abroad as an undergrad. Get to b-school and plan your exodus for the following fall and you’ll be the envy of your friends and family. But, don’t forget to keep searching for a job while you are abroad. Or you may have to retire to the beach in some exotic location and open up a lemonade stand (maybe that’s better than being an i-banker)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">7. New friends<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The academic setting forces you to make new friends by default. Since you are going to spend countless hours together suffering through finance, marketing, and other things that are “useful”, you might as well make some friends in the process<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">8. Three more letters on the end of your name<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Nowadays, acronyms are in. When you spend all day long (ADL) online talking people and LOL, what’s one more acronym? <span style=""> </span>You get to hand out business cards that say MBA. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">
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<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">If Playboy can make an entire series of DVD’s out of this, they must be on to something. This is your opportunity to be the next Van Wilder.<span style=""> </span>It’s like getting to be an undergrad with 10 times the brains and 5 times the money you had the first time around. WARNING: This could lead to excess unnecessary purchases.
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<br /></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-11095663738088779772008-06-23T16:57:00.000-07:002008-06-23T17:02:58.088-07:00Flexibility"Don't flail against the world, use it. Flexibility is the operative principle in the art of war."<br />-Sun Tzu<br /><br /><br />I wanted to write about flexibility because I have been thinking about my job search and how I ended up in the position I did. One of the major mistakes I've seen numerous people make over the year that I was in school was unwillingness to be flexible. They would not consider living anywhere other than LA. The would not consider any deviation from their plan. While there's something to be said for persisting there's also something to be said for flexibility. Einstein defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results." Flexibility has caused an enormous amount of personal growth for me. I have had to come to a new town where I don't know a single person and start from scratch. Fortunately, I got trapped in paradise. But, I would have taken the same approach anywhere, and I was willing to go where the job took me for the summer internship. I knew that the most important thing was the quality of the internship, not the location. I was even willing to go to Tunica, MS. So, I hope that when students contemplate their job search next year, they are flexible.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866173280784004048.post-81697565672363895082008-06-20T11:42:00.000-07:002008-06-20T12:11:25.534-07:00The coolest job at Intuit, defining your identity, and more...Today I was on a call with a business partner and when I described the projects I'm working on, he responded "wow, it sounds like you have the coolest job at Intuit." When I thought about, I realized, I really do have one of the coolest jobs I could possibly have. I get to constantly work on cutting edge stuff and get exposed to a bunch of different things. This topic actually ties really well to something I wanted to write about today. One of my good friends is a Life Coach, and I'm a big believer in investing in resources such as that because it is investing in yourself. People invest in tons of things to improve their lives, but they often forget to invest in the most important place which is themselves. <br /><br />So, when we were talking the other day, we got into a discussion of identity. Identity can be thought of in numerous forms. You might identify yourself by name, ethnicity, job function, etc, etc. But really there is a deeper level of identity I think it's important for everybody to explore. I know that a good amount of students at Pepperdine are struggling with the internship search, and while it's easy to complain and discuss all the downfalls of our career office, I realize that this is quite self-destructive. This is where the concept of identity becomes important. So, I asked my friend "how do you change this identity or change what you want to have happened in your life?" The example I'll use is one that anybody who reads this blog can relate to. Let's say you are struggling in your job search or internship search. You go out and talk to your friends and they ask how you are doing and you respond as follows:<br /><br />"You know, things are not going that well. I keep submitting resumes and I get no responses. When I do get responses, it's for a job that I hate or a salary that is unacceptable. The economy is terrible, and we're not Harvard MBA's, blah, blah, blah........"<br /><br />You get the gist of it. That believe it or not is your identity. You associate yourself with the statement above when you are in that situation. The strange thing is you think that in order for that to change the situation has to change. What's funny is the situation will change when that changes. Every time you tell this story to a friend or tell it to yourself, you are reinforcing that identity. So what's the key? Change the story. Write it out, put it on your wall and read it everyday.<br /><br />"You know, it's going really great. I keep getting all these calls for interviews. Every one of these jobs sounds so exciting, and they all pay really well. It's going to be hard to figure out which job to choose. The economy....for some reason....well let's just say it's irrelevant in my job search."<br /><br />It's amazing how the way you use words and construct language impacts the results in your life. So, that is my take away for today. 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Anyways, I figured it was time to get back to some more internship specific stuff. One of the really cool things about this summer is I have had the opportunity to sit on meetings with numerous partners, vendors, and agencies. One of the great things about those meetings in a company the size of Intuit is you meet the highest level people in each of those organizations, like Vice Presidents, CEO's, etc. Last night I got to attend a dinner with a vendor, and we were talking about the Internet and one of the insights I got is that the Internet is still in it's infancy. Funny that somebody who's worked in the industry since it's practically existed would say that. But when you look at technology, and the industry as a whole, it really is in its infancy. Sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc have only become huge in the last 3 years. If you compare it to something like the steel industry the Internet is like a little kid who has more time than you can possible imagine to mature. <br /><br />When it comes to taking care of interns, the Intuit HR team really goes above and beyond. I've never seen anything like it. Some of the interns don't have cars, and the HR team has not only worked on setting up car pools, but they are compensating the drivers with a stipend that would cover your gas costs for the entire month. So, the perks just keep on rolling.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0