MAKE IT MAKE SENSE

Can someone please tell me every other aspect of my life to let me breathe, I am doing an MBA. I say this because it dawned on me this week that life doesn’t care that I am getting a degree. It’s going to happen anyway and I have to get on with the program.

On Tuesday after our ABP class, I finally knew what it meant to drown in class and I am to be blamed for this. I missed my class group discussion the night before, I didn’t get a chance to read the case, I had a long day and I still showed up in class. A typical “bad behavior situation” for an MBA student and a complete recipe for disaster. As I lay gently on my bed that night, I asked myself an honest question “Gaz, this is going to be your life now, are you aware? are you fully aware? ”

This week has taught me that when they said “Part Time” it actually meant “Full Time in the comfort or your home/office”, Otherwise, please make it make sense.

On the flip side of things, I made some good behavioral changes in my life all thanks to the MBA program. Here are some of them:

1. What is the situation/ problem? I like to think of my self as an acute problem solver. I see in solutions and possibilities. You can already imagine what ABP class is doing to me. Now, i find myself looking for the problem in everything. Analysing the alternatives, comparing the risk, making the decision and having an exact plan of action. I have had to question my assumptions, drawing conclusion with only the information provided within the case, listening to my group members to understand, and most importantly, STAYING OPEN to the possibilities. Just beacause, I just might have missed something. I see the impact of the Analysis of Business Problems course in every aspect of my life. This subject is about to change my life and business forever. Would it be ironic to say, “I Love it!” ?
2. Embracing the struggles: I am becoming more tolerant of a difficult situation and literally betting on myself not to give up. As the saying goes, “There is always light at the end of the tunnel ” but then again, is that a statement or a fact?
3. Choosing my attention: More than ever before I have become so guarded with my time and attention. Time is my most precious asset and I have a full life, placing huge demands on my time. I have reanalyzed my priorities, and gradually come to terms with the possibility I can’t be everywhere for now and be everything to everyone.

There is so much to unpack from this journey and i am here for it all.