The question I have been asked a million times - by friends, by family, by recruiters, by strangers. Now, I can give you many answers - the rehearsed ones, the nice ones, the blunt ones - but they all have one thread in common - I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone. I was getting too comfortable where I was and things felt stagnant. My mentor always told me that you know you have to get up and move when what you are doing becomes second nature for you.
Well, that is an expensive way to push your limits, one might say. It is true - I probably could've taken all of the classes online, for free, read up on it on my own. I could have, but would I have? Probably not. I have been fortunate enough to have arranged some means to fund my MBA, and that might not be true for everyone else. For me, I wanted to meet people, hear stories (and tell some too), get a classroom experience (which might be dwindling in this digital age), be a full time student again, and venture out on my own. Everyone's priorities and motivations are different, and this was mine.
I was aware (and you should be as well) that I was losing out on two year's salary, risking not having a (better) job at the end of it all, and sinking in debt. But these are two prime, tension-free, commitment-free years of my life that I was willing to bet on. I don't expect to come out of this a changed person with super-powers (unless incredibly high alcohol tolerance and ability to function on no sleep count), and neither should you. I do know that I can deal with change and with people a lot better now.
Bottom line: I'm getting my MBA to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
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