I was talking with a friend over lunch the other day and he told me that the HBS student motto is: Overcommit and underdeliver. Classy, right? I’ve been feeling a bit of that pressure lately myself. I’ve blogged about it before, but there are so many amazing things to do here that it’s easy to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'clubs'
Hosting Speakers at HBS
October 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tags:clubs·rude·speakers·time management
The Priscilla Ball
October 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Oh, the Priscilla Ball… fodder for HBS scandal and lore. Despite only being a “tradition” for the past 10 years, this event has probably made more headlines than any other of HBS’ extra-curricular activities. I’ll reveal the dirty secret: it’s a costume party where some of HBS’ male students dress up like women. There’s definite [...]
Michael Dell Just Started Speaking…
October 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
…about five-hundred feet away from me in Spangler Auditorium. And instead of being there, listening to this celebrity CEO discuss how he “grew a $60 billion company in 14 years”, I’m sitting in my room about to start preparing cases for tomorrow’s class. What do you think — am I making a poor decision? Today [...]