Finishing Well
#238: A Chapter Ends
I officially completed all the requirements of my MBA last July 6. The end of this chapter of my life wasn't marked by fireworks or grand displays of cheer. I walked out quietly with Andrew from the AGSM building as the MBA Class of 2008 enjoyed their drinks with one of my favorite professors. These weren't the people I took my degree with. I couldn't celebrate with them, nor they with me. The Class of 2007 are all over the world now, carried off by promises of a brighter future - thanks to their spanking new MBA degrees. They all left when I was away at Kellogg playing the outsider to MBA graduates who were ending their program with strings of parties and grand displays of cheer.
If I had the choice, I would finish things off with a bang. It is important for me to finish well. But I guess finishing well doesn't always mean finishing with sparks and great fanfare. Andrew took me to Maroubra beach where we prayed under the stars. It was important for me to recall how the Lord has been so gracious to me the past 18 months.
In the course of my MBA,
* I was granted a scholarship (and had my name etched in one of the glass panels in the building)
* I was elected President of the Marketing club
* I was chosen to be an ambassador for the school and was sent to Jakarta, Hong Kong and Manila to talk about AGSM
* I was chosen to appear in several ads for the campaign AGSM launched
* I was selected by J&J to be sent to Florida for a weekend of interviews and indoctrination, receiving two job offers as early as November as a result of that
* I was chosen to be part of AGSM's consulting team sent to work with Nestle Australia
* I had the opportunity to take my internship with Nestle Australia's Corporate Strategy group
* I was selected to go on exchange at Kellogg School of Management in Illinois
* I was appointed Student Representative for all the exchange students from around the world during my term at Kellogg
* I was also one of the recipients of the AGSM Alumni Management Project Prize for the work we did with Nestle
* I finished with an A average.
I was not the smartest in my class, nor the most deserving of these things but it was as if He cherry-picked key opportunities for me to have and experience. It was His grace upon my life that allowed me to excel. I could not have designed my MBA in a better way.
This chapter ended with a prayer of thanksgiving - the quiet rejoicing of a heart filled with gratitude for finishing well.
posted by VivaGlam! at 8:41 AM
2 Comments:
on finishing well:
they say it can be hard to know when something ends and another starts.
i think its also true to say that sometimes we mistake change for the end.
as a 14 year old, i went bushwalking on a school hike and towards the end of day 1 our track suddenly vanished. the once three metre wide dirt road ended at a gate. thinking the track had ended and that we were therefore off-course, our party of 3 headed elsewhere. as night fell i spent a night out in the bush. when i was found the next day, we came upon the end of said track, only to be told by others who came from the other direction, that the path had not ended, but had instead become unrecognisable.
sometimes it is important to not finish too soon.
10:28 PM
I think finishing and giving up are two different things. I think it's important not to give up too soon as it is important to have closure for things that have reached their end.
9:21 AM
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