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There are many opportunities to select a life path that are prone to living on the schedules of everyone else's but our own.  While there are certainly times where this is needed, there are also times where this can be a hinder. Ask Why - What is your driving motivation for what you do?  Does your job/career, location, activities, relationships facilitate what you value? Live a live of thoughtfulness with Improv - While we may often jump at chances when we see them, it could better our circumstances to first figure out where we are in our lives and how these pieces may play in them.  We cannot predict the timing of the world, but there are more than just a few ways to do any one thing.  While doing things the 'normal' path may be at times the easier path because it is more clearly lined out and understood it may not be the ideal circumstance for you.  What would it look like to instead look from your perspective and see how the opportunities fit into the puz...

1) What are my chances of getting in? The following blogs gives your chances of getting in the top schools based on certain people profiles: http://poetsandquants.com/2011/08/25/what-are-your-odds-of-getting-in/ http://poetsandquants.com/2011/06/23/handicapping-your-shot-at-a-top-school/ 2) What would I encounter in the GMAT (the test that you'll need to take before applying) http://www.bestsamplequestions.com/gmat-sample-questions/gmat-sample-questions.html 3) What are the differences between the 2 top schools, Stanford and Harvard? http://poetsandquants.com/2010/06/28/harvard-business-school-vs-stanford-graduate-school-of-business/ As of 2011, Stanford seems to have edged out Harvard in the U.S. News & World Report. 4) What do you truly gain from an MBA?  Insight from entrepreneur Vinod Khosla. http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=38 5) How much we talking? http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/financial_aid/tuition_expenses.html

A great invention has the most amount of positive impact (value) with a great number of people. In this great video an inventor shows how he is using a single plastic bottle and some water (in an unconventional way) to powerfully improve the lives of people in a third world country.

I like this, so I will share it!   (found on  http://correiaseminar.com/ )

Having so many individual pieces often leads to clutter, disorganization and confusion.  Luckily as software integration across platforms progresses these small pieces become easier to manage. These tools will help you manage small pieces into bigger chunks by helping you see the bigger picture and track your over all progress. Finances For your finances and budget management across multiple financial accounts: Mint.com Mint pulls all your financial accounts into one place. Set a budget, track your goals and do more with your money, for free! Intro Video File Management For your clean file management across multiple hardware devices (laptops, computers) and users. Dropbox.com Easy Scheduling with People Poll people on day and times that will work for them, invite participants and confirm date and time.   Doodle.com

Marketing will make or break you.  Here are some things I've learned: 1) Not a pro coder?  Use Wordpress to manage your website.  You'll thank me now and later.  It is such a popular free service that most companies have written plugins that interface with Wordpress. SEO optimize your website.  Getting into the search engines is key to success.  True for local and global businesses. Download the "All in One SEO Pack" to help optimize each page of your site. Integrate the Facebook Like Button.  This works for you in 2 ways.  First it shows that people know and support your business giving you credibility. Second, when people click the like button the activity is shown to their friends and is instant and free 'word of mouth' advertising to all of their friends. "It's one thing to promote your business yourself.  It's another to have another person saying good words about your business.  The best thing is to get someone's friend to te...

This is a summary of the lessons from Stanford professor Marsh Mccall's lecture.  He will be giving it open to the public Wednesday, March 2 2010 at 7:30pm in the Cubberley Auditorium in the School of Education on Stanford's campus.  I was able to find it online on iTunes U. The goal of the lecture is to take you through different schools of thoughts thus add to your life perspective. Socrates: 1) The unexamined life is not worth living 2) Wisdom begins with knowing what you don't know 'When I talk to someone who professes to be an expert, they are ignorant, because they don't know what they think they know.  What makes me superior is that I know that I don't know' - Socrates (loose interpreted) 3) Virtue can be taught, education is virtue. (Virtue means excellence or arete ) No one does wrong or evil willingly (doing so only means ignorance) Because, to do wrong, to do evil, harms someone else, which harms you , and who would do evil onto one...