Friday, June 20, 2008

Networking

I was out last night to a networking dinner with some of the U21 Global's graduates and the CEO who was here visiting. They shared with me many of their experiences on why and how they had done the MBA program. One of them was a paediatrician and he shared with us that he had done the MBA program because he was really bored with his job. *Didn't know doctors will actually be bored with their jobs too!* He said 96% of his patients visited him only for the common flu and the rest of the 4% who might have more serious problems were usually referred out to government hospitals because of the medical costs. Another guy took 5 years to complete his MBA program, confessing that he had really taken it easy until his wife took her MBA program too. He then had competition to not lose out to her. Then there was a golf professional who is still doing his program and he came with his wife who was very supportive of his studies. He confessed that he will not study anymore after this though. Everybody told me that it was a challenging experience for them and although it was tough, it was fulfilling and they all thought that it was all worth it. *I am inspired!*

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