Feb
05
For the past 2.5 days, 4 of my classmates and I came together as the “Miracle Workers” to compete at the internal round for the Venture Capital Investment Competition. Unlike the usual business case competition, this competition gives MBAs an opportunity to act as a venture capital firm and select a real start-up company to …
Jan
26
Day 1 was filled with temptation. The textbooks, the incoming letters from friends I haven’t heard from in years, the blog posts … all tempting to read. I did not give in. Day 2, yesterday, was a day of distraction. Was there an episode of Community that I could kill some time with? What about …
Jan
19
I love getting sweaty. There is something about the sweat dripping of my face, the mind raging with endorphins, and the lactic acid burning in my body that reminds me “I don’t feel this way by sitting on the couch!” Sweat is earned. After a sweatfest in Vancouver over the holidays, I became aware that …
Jan
03
Every year I love writing this post. It allows me to take the time to reflect on where I came from, who played a large part in my life over the last year, and remember the rad adventures that made me smile from ear to ear. It’s like a yearbook of awesome. I especially love …
Nov
28
After 2 days at leadership bootcamp and a morning planning session for Krystal and my session for the UBC SLC, it got me thinking about why annual conferences and team retreats are so amazing. They connect us with other like-minded individuals. They provide us with space to reflect, learn, and discover more about a topic …
Sep
01
A year ago, on my second day, in the hot upstairs room of the West 4th lululemon store, I wrote down the goal: “I complete my MBA by Sept 2013.” I then jumped into the land of luon and proceeded … … to welcome and train over 220 new hires from around the world. … …
Mar
10
As many of my close friends know, two of my favourite people in the world are coming out west today. As I write this, I am on cloud 9 (err… 15!) and they are literally IN the clouds flying across Canada. We are all flyin high! <insert groaning noises after punny joke here> So why …
Feb
07
3 weeks ago I got a phone call from the Copenhagen Business School at 3 am. It was to offer me admissions into their MBA program starting this September. Long story short, I ecstatically accepted! Which means, in a mere 7 months, I’ll be starting my MBA in the world’s happiest country where organizations have …