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DBA Year 1 Challenges and Successes

It has been a wonderful Christmas.  Lots of fun and frolic with my family.   Plan to have a few “do nothing days” until I return to work on Wednesday -yippee!!  Finally completed my “Challenges and Successes Year 1 Recap”, I … Continue reading

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Gaining Momentum and Leveraging Mind Mapping

I am still not where I want to be, with respect to milestones, but I am feeling better about my progress for a few reasons.  First, I had a very good meeting with my mentor which helped address some of … Continue reading

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Trying to get back on track

It has definitely been a transition week.  I am not at all pleased with my progress because I don’t have the level of intensity that I had before my vacation.  Also, I am feeling a bit anxious about my week of … Continue reading

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Busy week ends with “mathematical readiness”

It has been a “full court press week”.  Lots of post-vacation catching-up at work, networking, dinner with a buddy from B-school and starting winter tennis!!  I have not made any where near as much academic progress as I would have liked.  This will be compounded … Continue reading

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Struggling with statistics

I have been musing about how to sum up and share the details of the first year of the DBA program.  Think the best approach will be to provide an overview of the “path” and then highlight some key learnings/events over … Continue reading

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