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This thought experiment was grueling enough that I could hear the whining of my mental hard drive.  What exactly is business like?  Is it good to be business like?  Is it the new success mantra we swear by these days in the corporate world?  Does business like mean being all open and ready for business while you may be cursing the moron sitting in front of you under your breath?  Does it make you a moron if you think of the person in front of you was a moron since you may never know how incredibly talented he may turn out to be despite his rustic accent and antiquated non-corporate style?  Being suited and booted with an attitude is the only way that you can be business like or as Google's philosophy for being 'serious without wearing suits' works just fine?  Does it make a guy business like if he can talk to ten people from different strata and still actually truly be a moron? Does business like mean that you know the art to ...

I just finished with my last viva of the last internal of the last semester of my first year at MBA. Come to think of it, I'll become 1/2 of an MBA time span wise if I manage to clear all my exams. Otherwise, I don't think management can ever be complete for a person. With or without, before or after - an MBA at the end of the day is just a degree, where, to its credit, you learn the art of that managing a bit better. It feels like a culmination of a journey to be done with this semester even though it is more like a lull before the mighty storm that is to begin 20 th March. It is also the farewell party for seniors today. Same old nice stuff on menu - Good food, lots of dance and booze - who would want to miss it? On the other hand, personally, I would want to stay back, enjoy a movie, arrange stuff in room and my mind and prepare myself to some extent for the 10 days of torture that is to follow? Well, I chose the former over the latter for reasons best ( un )known to me and...