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I'd like to hold many titles throughout my life, MBA, CEO, daughter, sister, aunt, wife, and mother -- but if I had to pick only one, I would choose "Teacher of the Year." Every year in elementary school, we would vote for the teacher of the year. It wouldn't... View Details

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Jaynie Randall

Throw out the three- and five- and ten-year plans. All of them. Wild and precious life happens in the moments that build on each other and take us on a different route than the one we had planned, sometimes better than the plan, sometimes worse. My father lived his... View Details

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Janice Lin

I have an insatiable need for speed. There's never enough time to do everything I'd like, but I aspire to be inhuman and accomplish the maximum within the short time I know is left. I may be entering the finance world again, but I will break free of the achievement... View Details

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Josh Latson

Some children are afraid of the dark, or spiders, or broccoli. I was always afraid of not being remembered – that one day I'd be gone from this earth before anybody could notice. Even when I thought of how I would like to be remembered, I could not seem to fill in the... View Details

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Jake Johnston

Jake Johnston learned about leadership the hard way, through two tours of duty in Iraq, first as an Air Cavalry Platoon Leader, then as an Air Cavalry Troop Commander. "I guess that's why executive responsibility tends to be a black-and-white issue for me,"... View Details

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Jamie Holden

During my first year at West Point, one of the many things required of a Plebe was to memorize "The Days." Upperclassmen quizzed us daily on how many days until the seniors received their class ring, how many days until Army beats Navy in the classic... View Details

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Jean Hayden

When we came to Harvard Business School we had to squash our lives onto a one-page resume. I hated it – I had to leave off all the weird things about my life that I actually thought were the most interesting. I may have worked as an English boarding house matron and... View Details

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Jacqueline Adams

For years, I've joked (sort of) that "I live to serve!" It's a riff on a black woman's most frequent role since our ancestors were brought to this continent against their wills. But it's also been true. As a local television anchor (while I attended HBS) and... View Details

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Inessa Lurye

Before graduate school, Inessa Lurye, through consulting work at McKinsey, helped the Harlem Children's Zone nearly double the number of children it served. She worked with the Washington DC's mayor's office to reduce street homelessness by fifteen percent. While at... View Details

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Hugh Yoon

My younger sister suffers from an acute mental disability. With the mental development of a young child, she has trouble controlling her emotions, and her behavior can be erratic. I cannot describe the sacrifices my parents have made for my sister. It was primarily for... View Details

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Hayling Price

It didn't take me long to realize I had won the birth lottery. Of course it would be satisfying to think that I landed at Harvard purely as a result of my own hard work. But the truth is, the financial and social capital I happened to inherit placed me on this... View Details

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Guillermo Villanueva

There are two ways to live: one as if nothing were a gift, the other as if everything were. I want to live thanking every day for the gifts I have received: a family, friends, education, and health. I want to live acknowledging that having all these gifts is a... View Details

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Giuseppe Morgana

What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? The number-one thing is the ability to participate in different entrepreneurial ventures. Since coming to HBS, I’ve been able to fulfill that passion through a combination of resources like the iLab, the... View Details

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Graham Evans

I came to Harvard Business School hoping to find answers, but will leave only with questions. Do I want money? While billions is not necessary I want a large enough cushion to avoid living in a far-flung suburb and to tell my Boss to take a hike whenever I feel like... View Details

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Felipe Núñez

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? My instincts told me it was the right move. Coming to HBS is like... ...those moments in Fleabag when Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s character looks directly at the audience for a split second there’s a sense of delighted... View Details

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Ferran Ayala

You have to be "luchadores" (fighters) to make things happen in life. Success does not come easy, and you have to fight to earn it. This was the lesson that my parents taught my brothers and me as children. Through trial and error I slowly became convinced... View Details

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Eduardo Weinstein

It was a perfect day. I was traveling through Peru's valleys, and in my train car there was a group of more than 30 elderly friends — men and women in their 70s. They knew that it would probably be the last time that all of them would travel together, but they were... View Details

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Emily Hoffman

Growing up, my Dad asked me not to be ordinary. Being an overly inquisitive kid, I'd ask him relentlessly what exactly he meant by that. To me, life in suburbia meant blending in. Wasn't I supposed to have the right shoes? Say the right things? Learn the right... View Details

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Daniel Serna

As a boy, Dan Serna rode in his uncle's pick-up truck over the family's farms in Texas. But what might have been a cherished pastoral memory, instead became an inspiration. In high school, Dan served as an Information Ranger at Appleton Farms in Ipswich, Massachusetts,... View Details

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