Life in the fast lane !!!
Welcome Mr. Anderson....
This is the Matrix. Your mission should you chose to accept it would be to get out of the Matrix within 2 years with a good placement.
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By now you must have guessed I am talking about the most coveted institute of India. Guys this the INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT-AHMEDABAD.
First let me apologise for having mixed 2 movies, but this is how life has been in the past 5 months. A pot pourri of competition, emotions, successes, failures, uncertainties and confusions.
Well for the uninformed I am indeed talking of my experience at IIM A.
Its been an intense 5 months and as I head to Mumbai tomorrow for diwali, I decided to spare a few minutes on updating my blog. Well this blog was long over due. Nevertheless better late then never.
So here it goes, life at IIM A.
To start with, it took a lot of emotional settling, since I had left Mumbai with heavy steps bidding farewell to friends and family. The first few days did take its emotional toll on me. Missed people like crazy. However once the rigour of this place took over, it left no room for emotions. You either shape up or ship out. I tried to choose the former and till date have been struggling to keep up with the "shape up".
Anyways I think I wouldnt be doing any value add if I talk about the tougher side of life at IIM A. Anyone who has even remotely heard about IIM A, would know that it is its academic rigour that sets it apart from the others.
Then what do I write. Well let me think......
The first learning (if you may call it so) is the art of enjoying life inspite of all the pressures. Secondly I have had the chance to meet the most talented people on the face of this earth. And mind you, they arent simply nerds (some of them actually are :p), they are the true all rounders. Be it singing, dancing, playing or studying they have done it all and have gone on to excel at all of them.
Having been an above average student I am really awed by this plethora of talent. And this is where the uncertainty part comes in. You tend to doubt as to whether you really belong here? But as luck might have it you too have your small moments of glory. And by small I really mean small, since they are dwarfed by the stupendous performances of the I-schols (the top 15 of IIM A).
Nevertheless the essence to success is realising your strengths and continuously striving to give your best. Smart work remains the mantra here.
Know why you are here (for me it is career growth, followed by the learnings that I would take with me) and work towards it. And ofcourse have a blast alongside struggling with trying to internalise new concepts and fundas.
There has been a flood of information in these 5 months and the sooner you make them a part of you, the better it is for you. That is another thing this place has taught me, to internalise things within lesser time.
Cutting the long story short, life had suddenly moved into the fast lane 5 months back. Today on the eve of diwali I feel I have caught hold of the steering wheel. Whether or not I manage to control the car and bring it to a smooth halt remains to be seen.
However the experience has been simply rocking to say the least. It was painful at times, fun at other times, scary, mentally draining but at the end of it you come out stronger and a more refined person.
Finally let me clear the doubts, well it is not just about placements at IIMA. My mission, now that I have chosen to accept it, is to derive the maximum out of this course, put failures at the back of the mind and keep striving for higher grounds. All other things will follow.....
Touchwood to that....
Well 4 in the night/morning now, time to get back to studies....:)
Signing out
-Tejas
Marketing, finance or systems......
That is my current confusion....
More on it in my next blog ( Wonder who apart from me even reads them :p)
This is the Matrix. Your mission should you chose to accept it would be to get out of the Matrix within 2 years with a good placement.
.......
.....
...
..
.
By now you must have guessed I am talking about the most coveted institute of India. Guys this the INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT-AHMEDABAD.
First let me apologise for having mixed 2 movies, but this is how life has been in the past 5 months. A pot pourri of competition, emotions, successes, failures, uncertainties and confusions.
Well for the uninformed I am indeed talking of my experience at IIM A.
Its been an intense 5 months and as I head to Mumbai tomorrow for diwali, I decided to spare a few minutes on updating my blog. Well this blog was long over due. Nevertheless better late then never.
So here it goes, life at IIM A.
To start with, it took a lot of emotional settling, since I had left Mumbai with heavy steps bidding farewell to friends and family. The first few days did take its emotional toll on me. Missed people like crazy. However once the rigour of this place took over, it left no room for emotions. You either shape up or ship out. I tried to choose the former and till date have been struggling to keep up with the "shape up".
Anyways I think I wouldnt be doing any value add if I talk about the tougher side of life at IIM A. Anyone who has even remotely heard about IIM A, would know that it is its academic rigour that sets it apart from the others.
Then what do I write. Well let me think......
The first learning (if you may call it so) is the art of enjoying life inspite of all the pressures. Secondly I have had the chance to meet the most talented people on the face of this earth. And mind you, they arent simply nerds (some of them actually are :p), they are the true all rounders. Be it singing, dancing, playing or studying they have done it all and have gone on to excel at all of them.
Having been an above average student I am really awed by this plethora of talent. And this is where the uncertainty part comes in. You tend to doubt as to whether you really belong here? But as luck might have it you too have your small moments of glory. And by small I really mean small, since they are dwarfed by the stupendous performances of the I-schols (the top 15 of IIM A).
Nevertheless the essence to success is realising your strengths and continuously striving to give your best. Smart work remains the mantra here.
Know why you are here (for me it is career growth, followed by the learnings that I would take with me) and work towards it. And ofcourse have a blast alongside struggling with trying to internalise new concepts and fundas.
There has been a flood of information in these 5 months and the sooner you make them a part of you, the better it is for you. That is another thing this place has taught me, to internalise things within lesser time.
Cutting the long story short, life had suddenly moved into the fast lane 5 months back. Today on the eve of diwali I feel I have caught hold of the steering wheel. Whether or not I manage to control the car and bring it to a smooth halt remains to be seen.
However the experience has been simply rocking to say the least. It was painful at times, fun at other times, scary, mentally draining but at the end of it you come out stronger and a more refined person.
Finally let me clear the doubts, well it is not just about placements at IIMA. My mission, now that I have chosen to accept it, is to derive the maximum out of this course, put failures at the back of the mind and keep striving for higher grounds. All other things will follow.....
Touchwood to that....
Well 4 in the night/morning now, time to get back to studies....:)
Signing out
-Tejas
Marketing, finance or systems......
That is my current confusion....
More on it in my next blog ( Wonder who apart from me even reads them :p)
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