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DOCTORATE IN THE HOUSE
Useful Lessons From My MBA Program You Can Use in Everyday Life
The Big Mac Index helps you learn the value of a dollar in other countries.
An MBA teaches you enough to be dangerous in any aspect of running a business. It improves your decision-making and tends to result in a higher income.I spent two years studying at the University of Florida, chiseling away at mine, all while working full-time in finance.
It was an incredibly rewarding experience, studying under esteemed professors, many of whom studied at Ivy League universities, and who were leading researchers in their fields.
I’ve always hated that you forget so much after leaving school. So I maintained a document where I listed the three coolest things I learned after each course. These were my favorite takeaways that you can use in everyday life.
How to ‘logroll’ a negotiation
Negotiations was one of the hardest classes I took because it pitted us (students) against each other and the outcomes affected our grades.
In one case, I represented Canadian zoos that wanted to borrow pandas from Chinese zoos. It caused a long standoff between me and the other person. We were working out the…
