VOTING POWER100.00%
DOWNVOTE POWER100.00%
RESOURCE CREDITS100.00%
REPUTATION PROGRESS1.32%
Net Worth
0.066USD
STEEM
0.000STEEM
SBD
0.043SBD
Effective Power
5.008SP
├── Own SP
0.783SP
└── Incoming DelegationsDeleg
+4.225SP
Detailed Balance
| STEEM | ||
| balance | 0.000STEEM | STEEM |
| market_balance | 0.000STEEM | STEEM |
| savings_balance | 0.000STEEM | STEEM |
| reward_steem_balance | 0.000STEEM | STEEM |
| STEEM POWER | ||
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| Delegated Out | 0.000SP | SP |
| Delegation In | 4.225SP | SP |
| Effective Power | 5.008SP | SP |
| Reward SP (pending) | 0.000SP | SP |
| SBD | ||
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| id | 672716 |
| rank | 633,201 |
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| created | 2018-01-29T09:17:12 |
| recovery_account | steem |
| proxy | None |
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| last_account_recovery | 1970-01-01T00:00:00 |
| reset_account | null |
| last_owner_update | 1970-01-01T00:00:00 |
| last_account_update | 2018-02-03T01:35:39 |
| mined | No |
| sbd_seconds | 312,813,171 |
| sbd_last_interest_payment | 2018-02-24T02:24:00 |
| savings_sbd_last_interest_payment | 1970-01-01T00:00:00 |
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To Date
2026/05/18 00:01:30
2026/05/18 00:01:30
| delegatee | epicu |
| delegator | steem |
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2026/05/12 02:55:06
| delegatee | epicu |
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| Transaction Info | Block #105974605/Trx 92c085dc9bade80c6b6a13d97802a2478a0cad10 |
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2026/04/25 23:22:45
| delegatee | epicu |
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2026/01/23 07:10:51
| delegatee | epicu |
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| Transaction Info | Block #102851065/Trx a6002a94e05ac324e79bf3fe88903f5179771585 |
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2024/12/17 02:30:30
| delegatee | epicu |
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| Transaction Info | Block #91297486/Trx 0137618407b887e371dc1d440285f9ea807d59e3 |
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2023/11/13 18:13:03
| delegatee | epicu |
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| Transaction Info | Block #79851684/Trx aae5d1c4ffd636b34cf3448fb594c1d67fd6e025 |
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2023/09/21 21:33:27
| delegatee | epicu |
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2022/11/03 11:23:33
| delegatee | epicu |
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| Transaction Info | Block #69112890/Trx a0255a6f536e2e0fb0b1076052102db471f3bcb7 |
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2022/01/17 10:40:51
| delegatee | epicu |
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| Transaction Info | Block #60809083/Trx 53d7d970d004ecb104cdf87088476a6636080d8d |
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2021/06/14 00:36:51
| delegatee | epicu |
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| vesting shares | 8096.922308 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #54607486/Trx 6a8de66ad02181054b13025192ba6fd3144c2dda |
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2020/12/11 10:56:03
| delegatee | epicu |
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| Transaction Info | Block #49354954/Trx 3cbff032e4b9ef394b4de300aa50a758428a39a0 |
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2020/12/06 04:33:18
| delegatee | epicu |
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| Transaction Info | Block #49206519/Trx 123f343082372361ec7987b7bb9e79c8bf4f8fca |
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2020/12/05 14:34:15
| delegatee | epicu |
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| Transaction Info | Block #49190053/Trx e473d3a7a03061d6871a8d959d3c6308ab37fe92 |
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2020/11/02 15:10:12
| delegatee | epicu |
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2020/05/09 05:30:24
| delegatee | epicu |
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2020/05/08 09:04:33
| delegatee | epicu |
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2020/01/29 10:02:06
| author | steemitboard |
| body | Congratulations @epicu! You received a personal award! <table><tr><td>https://steemitimages.com/70x70/http://steemitboard.com/@epicu/birthday2.png</td><td>Happy Birthday! - You are on the Steem blockchain for 2 years!</td></tr></table> <sub>_You can view [your badges on your Steem Board](https://steemitboard.com/@epicu) and compare to others on the [Steem Ranking](https://steemitboard.com/ranking/index.php?name=epicu)_</sub> ###### [Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/account-witness-vote?witness=steemitboard&approve=1) to get one more award and increased upvotes! |
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| title | |
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2019/06/07 16:53:27
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2019/01/29 10:00:33
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| body | Kobe Bryant, former superstar guard of the L.A. Lakers and now Oscar winner, chose to announce his retirement from the NBA by writing a poem addressed to the game of basketball (Dear Basketball). Inspired by Kobe’s interest in writing, and his last NBA All-Star game appearance, this entry uses Kobe’s well-documented life and career as a case study for MBA candidates who are trying to decide what points to highlight in their application essays. If Kobe were to apply to business school and write an Accomplishments Essay on his career, these would be my suggestions (which are, of course, applicable to your own application essays): **Highlight a Team Accomplishment** With a myriad of individual accomplishments to choose from – such as being 3rd on the NBA all-time scoring list, being an MVP, or multiple All-NBA and All-Star selection including an incredible 81-point game – it would be best for Kobe to choose a team accomplishment to highlight. This would help mitigate the Admissions Committee’s concerns about him being too individualistic (and and views that he is an egotistical maniac). *Lesson:* For candidates involved with very technical or individual work, highlighting interpersonal skills or group accomplishments will help address stereotypical biases and display a multi-dimensional personality. It will assure the program you are applying to that you will be able to contribute positively to group experiences both in and out of the classroom. **Provide Essential Details** To dive into his essay further, Kobe could choose to write about his first championship where he had to take on a major role in a critical game (for the NBA fans, this is Game 4 of the 2000 finals) as a highlight. Playing on a sprained ankle, Kobe had to step up to the challenge when the Lakers’ main star, Shaquille O’Neal, had to leave the game due to six fouls. He could then weave into his story how hours of practice finally paid off and how he happy he was to deliver for his team, after remembering how he disappointed he felt after he had let the team down in 1997, as an 18 year-old, when he missed four airballs in a similar scenario. He can then relate how these are the same traits that allowed him to succeed as a filmmaker. This will demonstrate how transferable his core strengths are. *Lesson:* This example would encompass several key aspects of an MBA candidate’s profile, including ability to perform under pressure, handle large-scale responsibility at a young age, and work through personal difficulties, and including the story about the 1997 disappointment would show humility, perseverance, and resilience. These are admirable and relatable characteristics, which are important to remember when writing these essays. It will be helpful to come across as somebody that can be identified with, somebody that people would want to root for, rather than only being an otherworldly talent or incredibly fortunate heir. **Recognize Help and Mentorship** Acknowledging superstar teammate Shaq as the lead player and mentioning the guidance provided by legendary coach Phil Jackson during his essay would help Kobe come across as genuine, humble, and a good team player. *Lesson:* When writing these essays, some applicants are tempted to grab all the credit. In team-based accomplishments, one wants to communicate not only his or her contributions, but also the ability to work with and learn from others. Finally, for that slam-dunk essay, while accolades and statistics are important, Kobe’s (and your) profile has to resonate with very human qualities and a personal story explaining the journey to truly impress MBA Admissions Committees. |
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| body | Ryan Holiday's *"The Daily Stoic"* reintroduces us to the philosophy of Stoicism. This emphasizes managing ourselves so as not to be affected by factors beyond our control, including behavior, perception and judgement of others. This is in stark contrast to how I think about running small businesses. Seven years in, I witness the large gaps in the performance level of similarly ranked staff. Previous experiences, educational background, and interviews are not good predictors of who will do well and who will not (Daniel Kahneman covers this in his book, *Thinking, Fast and Slow*). As the owner, I have defined my role as motivating my employees deliver consistently excellent products and services. We also seek to influence customers to make additional purchases and to make repeat purchases. Thus, I had defined my foremost role as influencing how people act from the store lay-out to how customers are engaged.  Task by task, whether getting the building contractor to get repairs done on time, getting a new item delivered soonest, or convincing a new staff to smile and cross-sell each customer, I know that these little steps direct our path towards success or ruin. A 5% increase in sales can easily be attributable to good daily habits, and could also be the difference between expanding the business or closing it down. As I do my daily reflection, I identify what upsets me most frequently, and these are the little misses and delays that causes lost opportunities, inefficiencies, and damages customer experience. At the same time, attention to these details allow small businesses to deliver what the customers expect, strengthen our reputation and profitability. How then do I reconcile the two? This is the ongoing journey I am taking, put systems in place, correct mistakes, but try not to get too low or too high with each little detail. Having probabilistic thinking somehow allows me to accept hits and misses, knowing that as long as we are headed in the right direction, the bumps in the road are inevitable parts of the journey. P.S. I only started this year, and this entry is more of a reflection on where I am right now, and not a prescription. Any helpful advice, tip, and perspective is welcome. |
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| body | Ryan Holiday's *"The Daily Stoic"* reintroduces us to the philosophy of Stoicism. This emphasizes managing ourselves so as not to be affected by factors beyond our control, including behavior, perception and judgement of others. This is in stark contrast to how I think about running small businesses. Seven years in, I witness the large gaps in the performance level of similarly ranked staff. Previous experiences, educational background, and interviews are not good predictors of who will do well and who will not (Daniel Kahneman covers this in his book, *Thinking, Fast and Slow*). As the owner, I have defined my role as motivating my employees deliver consistently excellent products and services. We also seek to influence customers to make additional purchases and to make repeat purchases. Thus, I had defined my foremost role as influencing how people act from the store lay-out to how customers are engaged.  Task by task, whether getting the building contractor to get repairs done on time, getting a new item delivered soonest, or convincing a new staff to smile and cross-sell each customer, I know that these little steps direct our path towards success or ruin. A 5% increase in sales can easily be attributable to good daily habits, and could also be the difference between expanding the business or closing it down. As I do my daily reflection, I identify what upsets me most frequently, and these are the little misses and delays that causes lost opportunities, inefficiencies, and damages customer experience. At the same time, attention to these details allow small businesses to deliver what the customers expect, strengthen our reputation and profitability. How then do I reconcile the two? This is the ongoing journey I am taking, put systems in place, correct mistakes, but try not to get too low or too high with each little detail. Having probabilistic thinking somehow allows me to accept hits and misses, knowing that as long as we are headed in the right direction, the bumps in the road are inevitable parts of the journey. P.S. I only started this year, and this entry is more of a reflection on where I am right now, and not a prescription. Any helpful advice, tip, and perspective is welcome. |
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| body | agree with this, evaluating feasibility and anticipating risks you will face will help your probabilities of success |
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| body | Amazing how Jordan mastered every skill & footwork, going right or left, coupled that with physical gifts, drive, and basketball sense. |
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| body |  LeBron James vs Michael Jordan is always an exciting debate. This week Bill Simmons' *The Ringer* website is playing this theme up. From his final year in high-school to every career move, everyone in the basketball world tried to see how this would affect his legacy and his path towards surpassing or falling short in stacking up as the "Greatest of All Time". 15 years as an NBA pro, LeBron has a chance. Less than 50/50 but a chance to be viewed by many as having equal to Jordan's career. Losing in the finals several times, being embarrassed with some poor performances are what his critics would always bring up. *"MJ never lost in the Finals, 6-0!", "LeBron doesn't have the killer instinct, MJ was never afraid to shoot!"* many would declare! Last night, watching *"Black Panther"*, Marvel's superhero blockbuster, I couldn't help but think of LeBron. **(For those, who haven't watched the movie, SPOILER ALERT hereon)** Chadwick Boseman, the movie's hero, shows his characters' vulnerabilities, doubts, and transformation so compellingly that not just wows with the audience, but allows us to identify with him. Most superheroes just overpowers you with their ability and conviction, Black Panther grows on you.  **Is this really the King?** From the challenge scenes in the waterfalls, you can see how he has to overcome self-doubt, and his compassion towards his adversaries. Failing, getting humiliated, and defeated, including needing help are all part of Black Panther's growth. Erik Killmonger (the villain, played by Michael B. Jordan), as he stands over a badly beaten Black Panther, asks if this is really the people chose as their king. **LeBron needs help and he knows it** As a parallel to LeBron's career, we saw him grow up before our eyes. Developing his weaker areas, overcoming his own doubts, and growing his own game and more importantly, his voice. On the court, whether its passing up shots to Donyell Marshall, Udonis Haslem, or Kyrie Irving LeBron would do what he believes will help the team win and not just to stubbornly project an image as "the Man". We have seen him develop the weaker areas of his game, and adapt his playing style. **Sharing resources** At the end of the movie, Black Panther realizes that he can make a difference in the lives of people around the world, not just for his wealthy country, Wakanda, a technological powerhouse. Black Panther's conscience had woken him up, he declares that building "bridges", sharing resources and knowledge would be the way to go. In contrast to his erstwhile nemesis and cousin Killmonger, Black Panther is not motivated by revenge or ego, his reasoned mind and empathy moves him to take on the personal risk to make a difference for people outside his "tribe". In the past few years, we have seen LeBron take on a more active role of being a voice on social issues, taking a stand against discrimination, and not being afraid of alienating corporate sponsors and news personalities, who prefer that he sticks to dribbling a basketball and hawking products the way Jordan did. Increasingly, LeBron realizes that his impact is not just on his team, his business associates (or posse as Phil Jackson would say), or his banana boat friends. He now uses his global presence to take a stand against oppression and violence. His voice, presence, and platform are the best use of Lebron's vibranium.  He may never be the unanimous GOAT or the most aggressive athlete activist (Muhammad Ali), but by taking a stand, LeBron James makes a real difference and this is more significant. |
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2018/02/16 10:39:48
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| body | *Zootopia*, a box office hit, grossing over $1 billion dollars, is an animated Disney movie showcasing impressive visuals, funny moments and a powerful theme of acceptance and inclusion. Seemingly a children’s movie, nods to iconic films and television shows such as *The Godfather, Breaking Bad*, and older Disney works prove to entertain the whole family.  Today, we will use this popular movie to illustrate how to strengthen one of the most important aspects of your MBA application: identifying your ambitious, but achievable, post-MBA goals. **Showcasing Your Achievements** Like many MBA applicants, Zootopia‘s main character, Judy Hopps, has excellent academic credentials (valedictorian of her class) and big goals. Judy also has an idealistic view of Zootopia (the city in which she lives), believing that anybody can be anything. Although she has initial success in becoming the first rabbit cop amongst heavyweight mammals (such as buffalo, rhinos, and elephants), she still faces many struggles in her career. **Lessons Learned:** As you write your MBA application essays, highlighting your various distinctions and achievements – including any barriers you have broken or obstacles you have surpassed (or hopped over) – will help showcase the ability, drive and perseverance necessary to achieve your future goals. **Ability to Overcome Challenges** The movie also deftly shows how Judy had to grow through prejudices and biases, both of others and of herself, while still keeping her idealism and her belief that she can make an impact on her anthropomorphic world. Seeing Judy win over the trust of her boss, who doubted her abilities to get the job done, makes us believe even more that she can achieve great things in the future. **Lessons Learned:** Sharing personal, vivid anecdotes of the struggles you have faced and how these challenges have helped you evolve and mature will make your business school application more compelling. Sharing your failures, weaknesses, and realizations will allow the Admissions Committee to understand and relate to you better. Remember, you don’t have to be perfect – nobody is! Using your essays to showcase your self-awareness, how you have handled adversity, and how you have grown will make it more convincing that your post-MBA goals are not driven by blind idealism, but are grounded in reality and are actually achievable. For example, if your future goal requires working with regulators and big businesses across various industries to create social impact, it would be a good idea to share experiences of the similar challenges you have faced in the past, and how you have effectively collaborated with counterparts representing different agendas. As you identify your bold post-MBA goals, show that you have the experiences, skills and expertise that are necessary to accomplish these goals. Be sure to refer to specific episodes in your past that display your awareness of what happens on the ground, and that your path to your goal is based on a well-thought-out plan, with the next step being an MBA at your target program. You could also identify the unique benefits you would gain from your MBA program, enumerating the necessary steps to achieving your objectives. Outlining these various details will help convince the Admissions Committee that you know what you are getting into, why you need an MBA, and how you will succeed after graduation. |
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| body | Before even reading the questions and prompts for the MBA applications, most have made a checklist (written or mental) of the accomplishments, highlights, and goals they want to share in their essays. While this is very helpful in mapping out the stories to share, and the profile to present, be careful of these common mistakes: # Not answering the questions! As an example, take a look at the prompt below from one of the top MBA programs: *“Describe the achievement of which you are most proud and explain why. In addition, describe a situation where you failed. How did these experiences impact your relationships with others? Comment on what you learned”* All applicants identify the achievement they want to play up and are able to extensively set up the details regarding this part (even filling in unnecessary details). This results in a having a very limited space to discuss the failure aspect. Surprisingly, even with the great care taken to reflect, review, and revise, more often than not, applicants forget to address the question about *how these experiences impacted their relationship with others.* Applicants often get fixated on one or two parts of a long prompt and totally miss out on a critical part. This is a very basic mistake committed during the essay writing process, no matter how much time and effort invested. Thus, be mindful of the need to match prompts and responses, before clicking the submit button. # Not showing how! You know that you have to share awards, distinctions, and accomplishments to strengthen your application chances. However, just as importantly, you need to identify how you were able to win these. Relating the specific actions you took and your outstanding personal qualities will help demonstrate your potential to do the same in the future. So take the opportunities to showcase the key factors that led to successes and choose the ones that would also be applicable for your future endeavors. For example, you may have inherent physical gifts, such as extraordinary hand-eye coordination that allowed you to excel in multiple sports, but it would be better to highlight qualities such as focus, drive, and leadership skills as these would be more applicable to your post-MBA career leading teams or building a business. # Not explaining why! Another chance to connect on a deeper level is to explain your motivations for what you have done in the past, or for your future plans. Whether explicitly prompted or not, share more of yourself by explaining your background, interests, and goals. Showing personal reflection and honesty helps you put forth an engaging application package, and allows the admissions committee to get to know you better. Sounds easy, right? Avoiding these three easy misses will surely raise your chances for a home run application. |
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| body | In the latest *Forbes* list of highest paid actors, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson outdid more established actors, such as Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Robert Downey, Jr, finishing second on the 2017 list after topping it for the previous 2 years. This is an amazing feat for “The Rock”, who was once a struggling and depressed football player. He was able to successfully transition into pro wrestling, and eventually into a big-time movie star with leading roles in blockbuster hits such as *Jumanji* and *The Mummy Returns*. Time and again, he was able to convince producers and stakeholders to take a chance on him as he tried something new.  For MBA applicants looking for a career switch, you would also need to convince the admissions committee that you have what it takes to achieve your goal. # Identify a Target Market As you research on post-MBA jobs, take note on which sectors, companies, and even roles that would be a good fit for your background. Share how you can provide value and why these companies look for them. It would be even better if you can cite colleagues who have taken a similar path before you - just as “The Rock” had Arnold Schwarzenegger as a template of an athlete who leveraged his physique into demigod movie roles and later on into family-oriented movies. Showing that it has been successfully done before by somebody who resembles your profile helps demonstrate how doable it is. Perhaps, a recommender, who had taken a similar path, could help convince the Admissions Committee that you have what it takes and that there is a viable market for your profile. Showing that it has been done before assures that you have done your research and that you would benefit from an MBA at your target program. # Showcase Transferable Skills With his father and grandfather being wrestlers, “The Rock” was able to leverage his pedigree and knowledge of the industry to move from a failed football career into wrestling. Given this platform, “The Rock” brought something new – comedic talent behind the microphone! Showcasing his wit, timing, and speaking skills, this allowed talent evaluators to see that he could host Saturday Night Live, and eventually expand his range as an actor. Similarly, an academic or scientist can share ability to lead and collaborate not only at work, but also in the community or in industry organizations. This would help show that she can transition into a project manager, and later on into C-level roles. # Display Character Traits Showing that you possess traits, such as resilience, adaptability, and work ethic serves the purpose of convincing the admissions committee that you would have what it takes to conquer challenges and succeed as you encounter initial difficulties while you transition. It also helps them identify with you as a person, and want to root for your success. Share previous obstacles that you encountered, the way Johnson did with his struggles as a football player, battling injuries, and depression. You are not expected to be perfect. Instead, demonstrate self-awareness and authenticity by identifying failures and weaknesses, and how you have dealt with them, and why an MBA at this time would help your personal and career development. Hopefully, integrating these tips into your application package would help you be seen as bringing familiarity and uniqueness that would show your potential to fit in, while contributing to enrich the school community. |
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| body | Once you have decided to pursue an MBA, you will start assessing your chances of actually being admitted. Undergraduate academics and GMAT score aside, most business school applicants will fret as to whether their extracurricular activities and overall profile are impressive enough for their dream schools, especially as these aspects of an applicant’s profile are not as straightforward to quantify and compare.  # How to improve your profile in the last 6 months? Should you rush to get registered in additional community organizations? Should you learn a new language or a musical instrument? Should you go on a trip to the wilderness or join a religious mission? As a guide, the Admissions Committee will consider the length of time and level of involvement with the activities you participate in when they weigh these as part of your profile (just as any potential employer would during a job interview). On your end, you should consider the limited time remaining towards the deadline, and the demands of polishing up your whole application package while focusing on fulfilling your current work and personal responsibilities. Below are some practical tips to strengthen your profile: # 1) Do More with Current Involvements You may feel that your current activities are not as impressive and, thus, do not make you stand out as an applicant. One way to address this is to look for the chance to introduce something new to your profile that would make your potential future contributions to the school unique. For instance, you may be the leader of your undergraduate alumni branch. From this, you can find an innovative way to link up across other chapters, strengthening alumni engagement and knowledge transfers across your entire network. Or, you may be involved with donation drives for the less fortunate; try to find new ways to boost your funds or at least organize activities that can better showcase your leadership and teamwork skills. Initiatives such as these give more credence and value to your current activities, without having to start from scratch. # 2) Do the Same Thing for a Different Audience This should be relatively easy to do. Look for some opportunities to leverage your long-running interest or hobby to demonstrate more involvement and impact on the community. As an example, you may be a singer who performs regularly at a club. You may use this talent and volunteer to sing for several worthwhile causes. In this way, you can enrich your stories about your singing talent (or at the very least, the audacity to perform in front of an audience!) and make them more interesting for the Admissions Committee. Taking this point further, let’s say your lack of international exposure is perceived to be a weakness – look for ways to at least show how open-minded and internationally aware you are by getting involved with the expatriate community, nearby refugee camps, or by performing with multi-cultural groups. Use these tips to help strengthen your business school applications and set your current activities apart from those of other MBA candidates, and to further your own personal development, as well. |
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| body | # *“What are your weaknesses?”*  As professionals and entrepreneurs, we are trained to put our best foot forward to sell our businesses and ourselves. We think and rehearse how to best present our strengths, while hardly spending any time thinking about our weaknesses. Understandably, addressing this question for the essay or the interview is quite a challenge. Asked to identify his weaknesses, a typical MBA applicant thinks: # 1) What should I avoid mentioning? Everyone worries about giving an answer that reveals a fatal flaw to his MBA chances. Thus, a frequent mistake is to answer the question by using a fake weakness, saying something like you are too smart or work too effectively does not really answer the question and just irritates your audience. Presenting yourself as unrealistically perfect diminishes the genuine strengths you have. It also casts doubt into the accomplishments you have discussed throughout the essays or the interview, as it makes you appear incapable of an honest self-assessment. Another no-no is to blame somebody else for your weakness, do not attribute it solely to your work environment, personal circumstances, or ethnicity. This comes across as a reckless generalization and does not add any value. This only shifts the conversation into a negative tone and is counter to the strong and optimistic vibe that you want to be associated with. # 2)What exactly are they looking for? Admissions committees are looking for applicants who will greatly benefit from doing an MBA program, and who can contribute to the experience of other MBA participants. Using this as a guide, the weakness question can be used to demonstrate character traits of self-awareness, ability to learn from failures, and open-mindedness to effectively use feedback and criticism. You can identify specific skills and knowledge gaps that you will need to work on in order to reach your post MBA goals. Ideally, specifics of the target MBA program, such as courses, culture, or community can be matched to these growth areas. Executing this properly will put forth an honest reflection that shows genuine interest in the target MBA program and convinces the admissions committee that the applicant has researched the school’s offering. Effectively demonstrating the potential of the candidate to gain from and contribute to the program through his personal story greatly helps in convincing the admissions committee of the fit between applicant and the target school. Filling in details how you are addressing identified weakness or how being in the MBA program do so helps show how proactive or good a fit you are. Executing this well will help in convincing admissions that the applicant will greatly benefit from the MBA program. A final tip, whenever you are asked about strengths and weaknesses in one question, whether in an essay or an interview question, is to allocate time and space as evenly as possible. Most applicants spend 2/3 or more of the space for strengths leaving little room to develop the weakness portion of the answer. This feels like it was just glossed over and the question was not answered adequately. At the same time, it does not allow the applicant to make a proper case on why she will benefit from the program. A good answer to the “weakness” question strengthens your case to be admitted to your target MBA program even as you identify a real weakness. Skillfully weaving stories of your personal experiences, self-reflection, and vision will make your profile unique and compelling. |
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| body | agree with zooming out to look at historical perspective and also at alternative investments |
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| body | comparing to quarterly or yearly charts of other investments should also make one feel better |
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| body | I agree, just like companies, some would succeed, some would fail, but the idea is here to stay. |
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