The much-adored Prof Vettas told us that the INSEAD MBA is just like Club Med. How true is this? I've personally never been to a Club Med trip, so I wouldn't know. But my section-mates chuckled appreciatively, so I think there must be some truth to that.
Club Med or not, I am beginning to understand what previous 'participants' mean by the Insead Bubble. For example, I have stopped reading the news. Now that may sound like a trivial detail but it's actually a big deal beacuse news was all I did for my entire professional life pre-Insead.
And I'm not just giving up reading the news. Four weeks ago, I still had the luxury to re-read Henry James' The American on the subway... and now I rarely go to bed without saying a fond good-bye to my favorite 'finance for executives.'
The lunar New Year, once upon a time the most important holiday of the whole year, was a complete blur. I rapidly skyped mom/dad, brother, uncle, grandpa, cousins, second cousins, bid them lots of felicities in the Year of the Ox, and was secretly relieved that they were too busy celebrating to talk to me.
Now I am not saying I don't enjoy being in the bubble. Quite the contrary. But I am writing this down as a reminder to myself that there's a bigger world out there beyond quizzes, deans lists, and chateaux parties, and I will try my best not to get lost in the forest of fontainebleau.
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Club Med is for people with money and without originality. I hope the analogy isn't true... but I fear it might be.
I know what you mean about forgetting the outside world. Yesterday I bought a book... like a NOVEL!... and then went out dancing instead of doing any work. It was nice.
Hi Yangtze,
do you want to exchange our links?
My blog is http://inseadin.blogspot.com/
Bye,
Dec09
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