Erik Erikson sees our development as a series of resolved conflicts, one for each stage of life. he further postulates that until each conflict is resolved positively, we cannot move to the next stage or conflict:
Conflicts -> Resolutions
Blind trust vs. Suspicion -> Hope
Independence vs. Dependence -> Autonomy
Initiative vs. Imitation -> Purpose
Industry vs. Inferiority -> Competence
Identity vs. Confusion -> Integrity
Intimacy vs. Isolation -> Empathy
Generosity vs. Selfishness -> Maturity
Illusion vs. Delusion -> Wisdom
Our lives are made less of small truths and falsehoods than of great truths and the truths that are their opposites, which is why the resolution of these basic conflicts is so difficult sometimes. It's almost never a choice between a right and a wrong. For example, hope lies somewhere between blind trust and suspicion, but so does its opposite, despair. Once you have learned to reflect on your experiences until the resolution of your conflicts arises from within you , then you begin to develop your own perspective.
2008-03-04
2008-02-05
MBA in Review: 2007 Term 1: Global Strategy
This is probably the class which I skipped the most but learned the most as well...
The course teaches some frameworks which you can use to evaluate companies in an international context, and then the cases are mostly related to developing countries, such as BRIC and a few others. The professor stresses a quantitative approach to case analysis, and we often need to examine the exhibits carefully to find supporting data. This is probably one of the more dense classes in Marshall, but it was definitely worth it.
What I will remember from this class:
International, Global, Multi-domestic, Transnational
Different modes of entry
The course teaches some frameworks which you can use to evaluate companies in an international context, and then the cases are mostly related to developing countries, such as BRIC and a few others. The professor stresses a quantitative approach to case analysis, and we often need to examine the exhibits carefully to find supporting data. This is probably one of the more dense classes in Marshall, but it was definitely worth it.
What I will remember from this class:
International, Global, Multi-domestic, Transnational
Different modes of entry
2008-01-16
If I have money.....
I will buy Apple Stock today:
Price today: 169.04
Let's check back in 1 month or so...
Price today: 169.04
Let's check back in 1 month or so...
2008-01-13
MBA in Review: 2007 Term 1: Applied Statistics
Statistics was the only course that I got an A in the first year, so naturally I wanted to take the follow-up course to keep my streak going...
The course covered a lot of advanced statistical methods, such as Cross Validation, LASSO, Splicing, Neural Network, and many others. It is about 50% lecture and 50% lab. Since many of the methods require complex modeling and calculation, we also learned to use a statistical package called R. The final project is about looking for interesting data sets and use the learned methods to look for trends and predictions. Overall it's a good course to learn to grasp trends through looking at data and identifying relevant variables. It's a good way to validate one's business intuition with numbers
The course covered a lot of advanced statistical methods, such as Cross Validation, LASSO, Splicing, Neural Network, and many others. It is about 50% lecture and 50% lab. Since many of the methods require complex modeling and calculation, we also learned to use a statistical package called R. The final project is about looking for interesting data sets and use the learned methods to look for trends and predictions. Overall it's a good course to learn to grasp trends through looking at data and identifying relevant variables. It's a good way to validate one's business intuition with numbers
MBA in Review: 2007 Term 1: Entrepreneurial Finance
Term 2 is starting soon... better finish up writing my review before I forgot all about it.
Entrepreneurial Finance is a class specifically about how to plan/deal with financial instruments/information in an entrepreneurial context. The class is mostly lecture-based with various guest speakers in entrepreneurship-related industries, such as Angel, VC, Entrepreneurial laws, Leverage Buyout, etc.
What was interesting about this class wasn't really about what the professor taught, but the time when it was taught. In late 2007, sub-prime crisis is just hitting the US market, and we got to discuss a lot about entrepreneur opportunities and issues in such a trying time.
Entrepreneurial Finance is a class specifically about how to plan/deal with financial instruments/information in an entrepreneurial context. The class is mostly lecture-based with various guest speakers in entrepreneurship-related industries, such as Angel, VC, Entrepreneurial laws, Leverage Buyout, etc.
What was interesting about this class wasn't really about what the professor taught, but the time when it was taught. In late 2007, sub-prime crisis is just hitting the US market, and we got to discuss a lot about entrepreneur opportunities and issues in such a trying time.
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