04.05.06
Seth Thinks I Need an MBA
Seth recently posted a reason for getting an MBA: “it’s hard to follow through and stick with a self-improvement program when you don’t have the financial commitment and social pressure.”
That’s damn true indeed… Actually one of the main reasons I decided to go over ‘Just reading the books’. B-School provides a framework and a goal oriented feedback system that fosters competition and, hopefully, learning. The drawback? (other than it costs a lot 
) That there IS a framework, a pretty rigid one… You give up the flexibility and a bit of the custom fit of ‘just reading the books’ when you sign on. Unless you want to totally go ‘grades don’t matter’, you are forced to take classes that won’t ever impact your future cash flows. You’re also forced into projects and readings, in the classes that you do care about, that may not be necessary for you to assimilate the knowledge, ie wasting time
Anyway… I agree with Seth in that people are inherently lazy and will always find something else to do besides reading all the texts required in the MBA path. But, there are also major costs, and I’m still not certain they are overcome by the benefits.
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