WHY MBA

I am dedicating my first post to this beaten to death topic which is also the most asked question in applications and in interviews. The answer is simple really because you want to grow in life . I believe that life is a set of concentric circles and you keep on graduating to the outer circles which are bigger and better. This graduation happens at different rates and the growth rate declines as you grow old.

There are some people who are unable to break out and so they make peace with the existing circle of life. Envision your school teachers who have been teaching the same class for 30 years , your college professors who are still teaching tuitions to earn little more money or public bank employees who have graduated to senior accountant in 15 years and now get the corner cubical . Nothing against all of them they have made peace with there lifestyles and are extremely happy and content.

But then there are people who are not the content kinds and who always want more from their lives, they are eager to learn , grow , travel the globe and may be rule the world .They want to be listened to , want to be respected by the respected, want to be page turners and most importantly create value in whatever they do. They want to keep on graduating to the next circle and evolve to the top of the food/corporate chain. If you belong to this set you should look at an MBA.

An MBA from a super school ( read top 10 in the world) will catapult you to the outer most set of circles , something which is alternatively only possible if you are as smart as Mr Facebook or as cunning as senior Ambani. If you are then may be you don’t need to spend 1 or 2 years studying management you should rather venture out work on your idea and make it big. However if you know yourself well and think that right now is not your time to venture out think MBA.