In the blink of an eye the tree leaves have turned from green to vibrant shades of orange, red, and yellow and finally to various hues of brown as the wind blows through and sweeps them away. Just like that, three months have gone by since HBS started. In the first month, I was wondering what I would do with my free time. By the second month, I found myself wondering where my free time [...]

I can’t believe I’m saying this already, but two finals down, three to go! The past few weeks at HBS have been such a blur – it feels like I just got back from Columbus Day weekend, and now I’m saying things like “My flight leaves a week from tomorrow” and realizing that I’m going to go a month without seeing the people I’ve grown accustomed to seeing in class every day.
Once [...]

Phew! What a whirlwind of a month. Classes, extra-curriculars, and (more recently) Career & Professional Development (CPD) events are now in full swing here at HBS and it would be difficult to fit anything more in my calendar at this point! That said, each and every hour I have blocked out has proven to be incredibly valuable, regardless of whether the time was spent listening to a CPD [...]

And there it went – 8 weeks at Sephora, 3 weeks at Tatcha – it all just blew by so quickly. And what came of all of it? Amazing beauty products? Sure. Fantastic new friends? Absolutely. But given all the effort and agonizing that came with the internship search, surely I expected something more. So, without further ado, the 7* lessons that made this all worthwhile for me:
1) Winning is not [...]

“Close your eyes. Concentrate on your breath, take a pen and start writing” – Tim Butler says. This is my future, 5, 10 years from now. I am in an office round table, with the team I am leading. 6 to 8 crucial people. We draw our discussion keys on a whiteboard. It is full of light. Work is intense and challenging, but fun. End of the first exercise.
Second exercise. Fill in a thorough [...]