The title pretty much sums up my first day at the MBA program. Well, a lot of other things as well but yes, SCREWED is what i had written all over me by the time the class ended and for good reasons. But i will get to that later.

 

There was this 'anxiety' vibe in the class with everyone looking forward to what the program has in store. The 'Introduce' yourself series was pretty much an usual affair with 'NGO work' and 'Dviersity' being the most used keywords :-) Personally for me, i had this thought run through my mind that the industry/professional diversity is not what i wanted it to be. Over the course of the next few days the perception has changed to a certain extent and i am sure there is going to be enough diversity especially when it comes to diversity of thought process. #notetoself Learn to not judge too early

 

The course started with a rather interesting subject and something that pretty much will be the part and parcel of what will be expected from all of us- both professionally and personal. I loved the completely conversational/particpatory approach followed by the professor because my past experiences in 'studying' (if i may call that) leadership has been rather one-way. Come to think of it, i find the whole concept around teaching leadership ironical but i guess the concepts could aid in developing the whole thinking process. Time will tell i guess. Too many thoughts were bounced around in class with some being really insightful and some boring me to death. On a personal note, i wasn't really happy with my capability to articulate my thoughts either. #notetoself Learn to listen well and get better at being concise

 

I kind of came with an expectation that an MBA course like this leaves literally notime for doing anything except course work. Boy, did it turn out true!! Very first, there was a huge list of course work to be done including individual as well as group project. Yes, individual project ok but hell, a group project on the very first day of the course. For someone who takes time to open up with people, i kind of felt weird from the mere thought of working with 8 other totally unknown folks on a project that sounded weird in itself. Add to that, the introduction session which introduced tons of online tools that need to accessed and used actively inorder to just getby through the course. My plan for dedicating sometime to blog everyday scattered like nine pins. This is the reason i got around writing this almost a week later but given the fact that i am going to use this blog for lots of introspection, i have tried to capture the essence of my first day as it was and not how it has changed within a week.

 

Hoping that i will be able to manage time efficiently and find time to capture my thoughts from the course as it goes forward and doing so, re-discover myself and have fun while doing it.