Business School Survival Guide
Sometimes the word you spent two years rolling your eyes at turns out to be the only one that fits.
In this episode, I take you inside my Executive MBA at Queen’s. I cover why I chose business school over a PhD, a global residency at Esade in Barcelona, a client project in Madrid, and the crème brûlée cups I still think about. It wasn’t all snacks and networking, though. Partway through the program I was being bullied at work, my relationship ended out of nowhere, and my tuition instalments were $25,000 a piece. This is how I kept showing up anyway, and the one word that finally described what happened to us all.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why I Picked an MBA Over a PhD: How liking to know a little about a lot pointed me to business school, and why Queen’s kept coming out on top.
- What a Global Residency Is Really Like: A week at Esade Business School in Barcelona, then client meetings in Madrid building a North American entry strategy.
- Why You Shouldn’t Polish the Stone: The perfection-vs-progress lesson that got me through four-hour nights and nonstop deadlines.
- You Don’t Know What You’re Capable Of Until You Try: How I kept going through workplace bullying, heartbreak and a packed schedule, and how I still use that mindset today.
Want the backstory? Hear why I went back to school in Lesson 9: Tuition Payments vs. Life Lessons, and the breakup I mention in Lesson 7: I Ignored EVERY Red Flag (So You Don’t Have To).
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