“Yes it does”, or “No it does not”, depends on how you not only take MBA, but how you take life in general, what you believe in, how much you are willing to sacrifice, and what is your capacity to sustainably compete.
We have, for most of the time in our younger days, been misled to mug up textbook theories and facts, and flood examination sheets. We thought, and were taught, that it was the mantra to success.
But then we learnt in MBA to unlearn much of what we had learnt…we had to transform ourselves from paper eating termites to dynamic ‘performers’ and get- going ‘doers’.
We learn that the world does not want people who can copy others, but people who can innovate and ideate.
We realize that the industry is ready to give us a good placement, but we have to prove ourselves to earn it.
We get to see that people do not want to work with those who cannot work with others, and we learn that our biggest enemies are our egos.
We see that if we take things casually, the world will treat us equally. If we give importance where it is due, we will also receive some part of it.
We realize that we can choose to be one of them who always complain, but we can also choose to become a solution explorer.
We also realize that the best thing about MBA is not that we can do things alone, but that we can do things together.
We make the best of friends, and we get the best of mentors. It is up to us whether we let is pass, or we make the best out of it.
At the end, what stays back is not just memories, but learning that makes us fight and stay ahead of the rat race we face when we go out. Because, our very vision is not to be rats in the race, but to create teams, organisations and work cultures that challenge the conventional rat race, and thrives for innovation, creativity and excellence.
The fact is that…the choice is ours…whether to waste the last opportunity, or make the most out of it.