Rain day

Today it rained. Wasn't particularly special or nice. I was busy. Busy with work. Now that I have my personal time, I'm just tired. Better organization is needed!

Taking the time to care

I'll admit it. I'm not the first person to stop walking when someone needs directions on the street. I'm not the first person to smile back at a complete stranger. Maybe it's the way I've been brought up, but that's how I am.

Seth Godin has a thought provoking post on just this topic. I love the way he write. Read it first and then come back for my commentary. It's fantastic. He gives a description of a perfect world in which everyone cares and is generally nice. Then he tells you how it really happened. I wasn't expecting that.

Thought for today

“There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth...not going all the way, and not starting.”

-Siddharta

WSJ losing its way

The Wall Street Journal has always struck me as a paper that was different from the others. It relied on deep investigative journalism to get to the heart of stories affecting the business world. However, I confess, since Rupert Murdock bought the WSJ, I've been wary that changes would come that would dilute the substance of the paper as I knew it. Others have also mentioned the same fear.

Sadly, this is becoming true... I've been noticing more stories that simply do not fit in the WSJ's mold. The old WSJ was not simply just a business paper. It had its own personality. It was a place that you went to when you wanted to catch up on news in the business world and maybe read the odd story that didn't quite fit in the business category, but somehow you were glad you were able to read it net to news of the next biggest merger.

Will these changes stop? That's unlikely. If anything, they will amplify since the managing editor resigned two days ago. He says it wasn't related to the recent changes in the WSJ, but I believe that him just being polite. Considering Rupert has a vast grip over the areas where he can seek future employment maybe its best to be polite.

MBA

So I've decided I'm going to start pursuing an MBA. What will I concentrate on? What school do I want to go to? Really, I have no idea. There are about 30 more questions buzzing in my head right now about this decision. For the time being, I've decided that I'm going to study for the GMAT (I bought two books today!) and concentrate on thinking about what I will do for the admissions process. I need to figure out who I will ask for recommendations..

As for the MBA program that I will join, I think I'm going to go for a part-time program since I have a busy work schedule which is sort of flexible. Hopefully I'll get into one of the top part-time programs. I can dream, right?

Learning to adapt

The New York Times has a story about New York Governer David A. Paterson. The new Governer has been legally blind since birth. This has forced him to adapt to life in remarkable ways (He doesn't use a walking stick, jogs daily, and doesn't know braille). I was struck by how he's been able to live what apears to be a normal life from a casual observer's perspective in spite of his disability. It speaks volumes about his determination.