I’m going to try and make this the last post about London Business School and my MBA. With it being part of my yesterday and my new found belief that it only pays to focus on today and tomorrow, I don’t want to get stuck in neutral. But one more indulgent review of the last two years won’t hurt anyone, I hope.
With congregation/graduation/convocation (whatever you want to call it) complete and with the summer ball behind me – great times both – I’m officially done the EMBA programme at London Business School.
It feels like yesterday that I was hanging with Miss N on the steps outside Sainsbury reception, thinking about what a great experience awaited. And it didn’t disappoint.
I went in to the programme hoping to meet great people (solid group of people in the full time and exec programme who I definitely want to stay in touch with, so check), learn a lot (The FT was in Latin before, but now I understand a great deal, from arbitrage to leveraged buy-outs to zero sum games, so check), have some great experiences (hearing Bill Clinton talk about his legacy, consulting in Kiev, meeting great entrepreneurs and hearing about their journeys, so check), ideally come out with a great new job (check) and do it all while convincing the wife that it would all be different when I finished (and so far so good, so check).
It feels very real and very surreal at the same time. But I feel energized and ready to take on the world. But I need a nap to recover from last night first.
