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4 Lessons Learned Outside the Classroom during an MBA

Tom Spencer

Time management. During the MBA program, besides attending classes and completing assignments, students also get involved in clubs, competitions, alumni meetings and informational interviews, all while applying for internships and jobs. During these times your best friend will become Google Calendar.

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5 Ways to Say No to a Networking Request

Harvard Business

When you start to receive dozens of requests per week — almost always for 30-60 minutes of private consultation — you would dramatically handicap your productivity if you tried to do them all. Another way to protect your time is to defer the invitations you accept. But that quickly grows old.

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How Being a Workaholic Differs from Working Long Hours — and Why That Matters for Your Health

Harvard Business

We conducted a study in 2010 at the Dutch subsidiary of an international financial consulting firm with over 3,500 employees. The experiences of Hanna and Michael, individuals whom we interviewed separately, outside of this study, align with these results. 763 employees completed both. What Is Workaholism?

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