Making The Most Of A Wrong Choice!

We are defined by the choices that we make. Most of the times, these choices are made under a lot of uncertainty and hence there is no easy way of determining their outcome. Moreover, we are left in a catch-22 situation when we realise that the decision we made, wasn’t the best and all we are left with is to rue the situation and keep contemplating about the ‘what if’ scenario. However, every dark cloud has a silver lining. And once we start looking beyond our disappointments, we might just be able to figure out how to make the most of such ‘bad decisions’ that we make. For me, ‘Engineering’ was one such bad decision and following is the story of how I created the silver lining amidst my dark clouds.

 

Getting Ahead of the Curve: 10 Things to do Before Joining a B-school

MBA, as a degree, comes with a lot of baggage. The exhaustive nature of the course notwithstanding, there is a lot of prep work which needs to be done before setting foot in a B-school. While a lot many of us land up with our under-graduate degrees by default (given the compulsive nature of our education system), the choice of a post graduate degree is mostly voluntary, done after taking into account a lot of factors.

 

Opening the Pandora’s Box: Placement Process at B-schools

The choice of which B-school to choose for that coveted management degree might perhaps be the most critical decision that we take in the early part of our professional career. The amount of investment that goes in terms of cost (both actual and opportunity) and time is big enough to give sleepless nights to most while making that choice. Terms like ROI (Return on Investment), assets, collateral etc. no longer remain unknown jargons and we are forced to quantify them to our lives. It’s not for nothing that we have a plethora of forums that try to make it easier for the candidates by providing them any and every kind of detail that they might require to make that decision.