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Dear MBA Student, Congrats on beginning your journey. My time at The Stanford Graduate School of Business were 2 of the best years of my life. More than anything, I learned how to think bigger and diversify my friendships. Below are my thoughts as a 2007 Stanford GSB graduate. Let me know what you think. MBAs are risk averse. Business school students are among the smartest and hardest working, but they are some of the most risk averse people in the world. Many of us were driven by fear of not having, not succeeding, and not “making it”. We’re running as hard as we can, but we’re not necessarily sure where we’re running to. Sometimes it’s best to just stop, be still, and listen to your voice within. The greatest risk in the world is not taking any risks at all. (Most MBAs wouldn’t do this with their career unless a lot of other MBAs were doing it too.) MBAs are some of the most underemployed people in the world. Underemployment is the biggest issue facing MBAs and t...

It is hard when you are out of work and need a job. You can tell yourself you will do anything as long as you are working. Similarly, you may feel that certain types of jobs are what is expected of you but you haven’t had the courage to buck the trend and try what is really in your heart.  Whichever the case, it is worth making a list of all your work likes and dislikes, matching them to your abilities and setting some limits on what you should or should not apply for. This approach can save you a lot of time and effort, help you find the job that really suits you and help to keep your professional reputation intact.  Think of the impact on your professional reputation  When you are already in a job you don’t like or enjoy the temptation can be to try and get another job as quickly as you can to get you out of your current position. But if you never really stop to assess what is wrong with your current job then the likelihood is you will keep applying for simil...

Last few weeks has seen lot of debate over the CSAT (Civil Services Aptitude Test) and the demands are being raised from completely scrapping the paper to make it a qualifying one. The limelight has been hogged by the language issue, the debates are now reduced to English Versus Regional Languages (Hindi being one of the).Although it is good for the country that the status of the regional languages is being discussed at the highest level But here let us put light on the various angles to this CSAT issue. CSAT paper contains approximately ; 30% Mental Aptitude questions; 30% comprehension questions (both in English and Hindi) ; 9 questions are from English comprehension (exclusively), to be answered by all and there is no translation provided for that; and at last there are some questions based on decision making. Apart from the pathetic translation of the paper (certainly a major issue) ,there are other focal areas also, like when a English medium student has already solved highe...