On day one Juergen created this blog...and he saw that it was good!
A couple of months ago I was hit with a message from the University of Oxford offering me to be part of their Master of Business Administration (MBA) class of 2006/07. I couldn't believe it...one of the oldest and most respected universities in the world wants me in their class - WOW!!!
Surprisingly, one of my first thoughts was: Damn, if even Oxford offers me a place, I should've try to get into Harvard! Later on, one of the current students allayed my doubts by asking the following question: "If you could choose between a brand new shiny red Ferrari and a 1960's racing green Jaguar E-Type...what would you go for?" - Of course I would go for the classy Jaguar any day!!! His answer was: "Well, I guess then you're an Oxford person, rather than a Harvard person."
Now that argument totally convinced me...
Now it is July, the down payment has been made, e-mails keep going back and forth between me, the uni and my college (YES!!! I've been accepted to Wadham...a leftist, gay, hippie, party college), I've applied for a scholarship, I keep firing questions at my mentor of the current class (THX Alex for all the help - really appreciate your effort),...
Phew, it's hard to sit here in Germany and wait for the time to go by until the program finally starts (waiting for news from Oxford - I think I check my e-mails more often than Bill Gates). And it's even harder to keep up my motivation for the last weeks of my current job. The only reason I still do my work properly is that I don't want my successor (yes, I'm talking about you Astrid) to have clean up my mess when I leave. This all feels like the silence before the storm hits you...I think there's a lot of work waiting for me just around the corner for the next year. I still remember one MBA student's reply, when asked about his time management and how he gets all the work done: "It sure helps when you don't sleep!" - Holy Sh**!!! Doesn't that like fun?!
It may sound crazy to some people, but I can't wait for that year of hard work to start - so let's get this party started!
From looking at the business school's incoming MBA student forum, I know what my class will look like. I can tell you that it's gonna be a truly amazing class, probably the best MBA class ever *g*.
-around 225 students
-more than 40 countries represented
-age range 24-45
-all kinds of educational and professional backgorunds (IT, industry, banking, consulting, enineering, law, even a dental surgent and an oil tanker captain)
On one hand I'm so looking forward to working together with these people, but on the other hand this kinda intimidates me...whatever...I'll do my best & make the best of it.
I don't have clue if this is the right thing to do...but there is no way that I'ld turn around now (not after I've made a downpayment of around 6k EUR)...so let's go and see where this path leads me.
