My Journey to ISB and what it means to me
Disclaimer: This blog is not complete.
Even as I start to think about what my journey to ISB means to me, I have come to realize that my thoughts are not complete and its only time that would tell what it means to me, thus the disclaimer.
I would like to think of my journey in two ways, 1) As a matter of fact what set me up to get an admission at ISB, and 2) At a thought process level what it means to me. While the first wing is very factual and probably a re-iteration of my professional resume, it is nevertheless important. It is important because it has contributed to my thought process as to where my professional trajectory is headed, and it has also bought in the confidence of ISB admissions team and they are ready to bet on it.
The question of what ISB admission means to me is much deeper and requires me to resort to more complicated thinking, only which could then simplify the thought outcome. When I try to think retrospectively about other successes/achievements in my life, I instantly realize that I can put them in two buckets. The first being of those achievements which I worked hard for without quantifying the returns they would bring to me. Where the action itself brought satisfaction to my inner self. On the contrary the second bucket of things invoked actions from me for the want of achieving some thing more superior in times ahead. These successes/achievements were meant to build a platform for more successes/achievements. And ISB sweetly lies into the second category.
Thus it becomes extremely difficult to think what ISB means to me. Because in essence - getting into ISB means nothing by itself. What would follow as a result of this first step is what I am looking forward to. The initial jubiliations that followed the Nov-20 ISB results have given way to fear and anxiety in what lies ahead. I have bet a cool job and steady career in expectations of multi-fold returns when I graduate from ISB, in terms of launching a successful career and settling down in a place of my choice. But it would be extremely hard to value what ISB means to me and my career unless the actual results are in front of me.
The silver lining to the cloud is that these thoughts are going to take a back seat as I move to control my life again on-campus. Where my actions would have the onus of defining the outcome of this one golden year of my life and would provide me the answer of what it means to me roughly 15 months from now. Though I must clarify at this point that from a personal point of view getting into ISB was a clear victory - getting back to India, getting an MBA, spending an year full of fun and much more. But the professional me still keeps the outcome questions live and would continue to do so over the next year.
Disclaimer: This blog is not complete.
Even as I start to think about what my journey to ISB means to me, I have come to realize that my thoughts are not complete and its only time that would tell what it means to me, thus the disclaimer.
I would like to think of my journey in two ways, 1) As a matter of fact what set me up to get an admission at ISB, and 2) At a thought process level what it means to me. While the first wing is very factual and probably a re-iteration of my professional resume, it is nevertheless important. It is important because it has contributed to my thought process as to where my professional trajectory is headed, and it has also bought in the confidence of ISB admissions team and they are ready to bet on it.
The question of what ISB admission means to me is much deeper and requires me to resort to more complicated thinking, only which could then simplify the thought outcome. When I try to think retrospectively about other successes/achievements in my life, I instantly realize that I can put them in two buckets. The first being of those achievements which I worked hard for without quantifying the returns they would bring to me. Where the action itself brought satisfaction to my inner self. On the contrary the second bucket of things invoked actions from me for the want of achieving some thing more superior in times ahead. These successes/achievements were meant to build a platform for more successes/achievements. And ISB sweetly lies into the second category.
Thus it becomes extremely difficult to think what ISB means to me. Because in essence - getting into ISB means nothing by itself. What would follow as a result of this first step is what I am looking forward to. The initial jubiliations that followed the Nov-20 ISB results have given way to fear and anxiety in what lies ahead. I have bet a cool job and steady career in expectations of multi-fold returns when I graduate from ISB, in terms of launching a successful career and settling down in a place of my choice. But it would be extremely hard to value what ISB means to me and my career unless the actual results are in front of me.
The silver lining to the cloud is that these thoughts are going to take a back seat as I move to control my life again on-campus. Where my actions would have the onus of defining the outcome of this one golden year of my life and would provide me the answer of what it means to me roughly 15 months from now. Though I must clarify at this point that from a personal point of view getting into ISB was a clear victory - getting back to India, getting an MBA, spending an year full of fun and much more. But the professional me still keeps the outcome questions live and would continue to do so over the next year.
posted by Laxmikant at 12:53 PM
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Next time we meet up we need to start taking pics and uploading them to the yahoo group.
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