MBA and the Law of Attraction
September 23, 2008
I wonder if one of the key reasons MBA graduates are so successful, is all the focusing they must do on applications to business school. I just finished reading the cute little paperback, THE MBA APPLICATION ROADMAP, and, as in all the other MBA admissions books I've read, applicants are forced to specify every one of their goals and dreams, to make stories out of every accomplishment. Well, gee, that's what the brilliant authors of the Law of Attraction books tell you to do. The big difference, is that every nuance is written into these applications to business school. Leadership, accomplishment, career path, strengths and weaknesses. Everything is celebrated! Which leads to gratitude. Which is the key in Law of Attraction. Being grateful raises your vibration, attracting what it is you say you want. I'm not saying everyone who applies gets into the biz school of their choice, certainly that is not the case, but the concept of setting your intention, being grateful for all the good qualities you have and then hitting "send" lifts you higher than any other method.
Authors Stacy Blackman and Daniel Brookings also advise you to step out -- read a lot of different books, aim high. If you want a school, and you don't think you can get in, go for it anyway! Stepping out -- no matter what phase you are in in Life -- leads to unexpected and fabulous rewards.
Stepping out is not necessarily easy at first. For me, I could speak on the air -- no one was watching me talk on the radio -- but I was afraid of standing before a crowd to talk. This was several years ago. A friend of mine who runs a business networking group for women asked me to give a talk. I leaned heavily on audio cuts of bestselling authors to illustrate my story, and it was highly personal. But I gave the speech to more than fifty women, and was shocked when several approached me to compliment and thank me. A total novice at speaking, my knees were still shaking.
One of the women who came over to me, Annette Klinefelter, is the local leader of Girls, Inc. These girls came from damaging childhoods, like I did, but the group exists to rescue them, and boost their self-confidence.
A few months later, Annette called me about a fundraiser for Girls Inc -- it was the inaugural Power of the Purse, and she chose a group of local celebrities to join with local purse designers to create purses that showed the personality of each celebrity, and then the purses would be auctioned off at a gala event.
I was paired with purse designer Jenna Bertels. I told her I love quotations, and I'm all about inspiration. So we designed a black messenger bag with a fuschia lining, with inspiring quotes embroidered in gold thread.
The night opened, and decked-out women wearing shoes far more expensive than even my jewelry arrived. The celebrities were well known in Portland -- TV news anchors, singers, actresses. During dinner, the young girls of Girls Inc paraded down the runway -- these smart and beautiful girls -- and displayed the celebrities' purses. Most purses went for about five-hundred dollars.
And then the beautiful young girl walked down the runway wearing my purse. The bids started high. There was a flurry of bidding. My lips opened, but there were no words, as I sat at my table of ten, and saw hands flying up around the room. For the purse I had inspired. A friend next to me said, "See, you didn't know how popular you are! Look at this! Pure evidence!" Now my knees were really shaking.
Finally the bidding was over. The purse Jenna and I had brought to Girls Inc pulled in the highest bid of the night, by far -- over $1200.
The night had a number of winners. The Girls, for being strong, smart and beautiful. And, me, because I was finally beginning to feel that way, too.
Just for stepping out.
I wonder if one of the key reasons MBA graduates are so successful, is all the focusing they must do on applications to business school. I just finished reading the cute little paperback, THE MBA APPLICATION ROADMAP, and, as in all the other MBA admissions books I've read, applicants are forced to specify every one of their goals and dreams, to make stories out of every accomplishment. Well, gee, that's what the brilliant authors of the Law of Attraction books tell you to do. The big difference, is that every nuance is written into these applications to business school. Leadership, accomplishment, career path, strengths and weaknesses. Everything is celebrated! Which leads to gratitude. Which is the key in Law of Attraction. Being grateful raises your vibration, attracting what it is you say you want. I'm not saying everyone who applies gets into the biz school of their choice, certainly that is not the case, but the concept of setting your intention, being grateful for all the good qualities you have and then hitting "send" lifts you higher than any other method.
Authors Stacy Blackman and Daniel Brookings also advise you to step out -- read a lot of different books, aim high. If you want a school, and you don't think you can get in, go for it anyway! Stepping out -- no matter what phase you are in in Life -- leads to unexpected and fabulous rewards.
Stepping out is not necessarily easy at first. For me, I could speak on the air -- no one was watching me talk on the radio -- but I was afraid of standing before a crowd to talk. This was several years ago. A friend of mine who runs a business networking group for women asked me to give a talk. I leaned heavily on audio cuts of bestselling authors to illustrate my story, and it was highly personal. But I gave the speech to more than fifty women, and was shocked when several approached me to compliment and thank me. A total novice at speaking, my knees were still shaking.
One of the women who came over to me, Annette Klinefelter, is the local leader of Girls, Inc. These girls came from damaging childhoods, like I did, but the group exists to rescue them, and boost their self-confidence.
A few months later, Annette called me about a fundraiser for Girls Inc -- it was the inaugural Power of the Purse, and she chose a group of local celebrities to join with local purse designers to create purses that showed the personality of each celebrity, and then the purses would be auctioned off at a gala event.
I was paired with purse designer Jenna Bertels. I told her I love quotations, and I'm all about inspiration. So we designed a black messenger bag with a fuschia lining, with inspiring quotes embroidered in gold thread.
The night opened, and decked-out women wearing shoes far more expensive than even my jewelry arrived. The celebrities were well known in Portland -- TV news anchors, singers, actresses. During dinner, the young girls of Girls Inc paraded down the runway -- these smart and beautiful girls -- and displayed the celebrities' purses. Most purses went for about five-hundred dollars.
And then the beautiful young girl walked down the runway wearing my purse. The bids started high. There was a flurry of bidding. My lips opened, but there were no words, as I sat at my table of ten, and saw hands flying up around the room. For the purse I had inspired. A friend next to me said, "See, you didn't know how popular you are! Look at this! Pure evidence!" Now my knees were really shaking.
Finally the bidding was over. The purse Jenna and I had brought to Girls Inc pulled in the highest bid of the night, by far -- over $1200.
The night had a number of winners. The Girls, for being strong, smart and beautiful. And, me, because I was finally beginning to feel that way, too.
Just for stepping out.
Labels: Annette Klinefelter, book review, Daniel Brookings, Girls Inc, Stacy Blackman, THE MBA APPLICATION ROADMAP, transcending the trauma
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