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| The Internet is perfect at making me feel about the size of an ant.  An entry about a case competition I was selected to attend in Denmark goes like this:
"8 days in beautiful Copenhagen, in the middle of winter.
12 top business schools, from Mexico to China to Turkey.
32 hours, cramped in a tiny room under strict quarantine.
48 determined undergraduates, all hungry for the prestigious title.
15 merciless judges, the best of Danish academia and business.
500 audience members, an inevitably intimidating experience.
20 minutes, one chance to sell our business strategy like our lives depended on it."
The Copenhagen Business School Case Competition... bring it on!
Looks like I'll be in Copenhagen for longer than 8 days. Another tour of European cities... Yay for Reading Break!   | | |
|  School has officially taken over my life. Not that it hadn't before, but lately the problem feels worse than ever. I lack breathing room... not to mention proper eating and sleeping habits. The only silver lining in the clouds is that there's only 2 weeks of classes left, and only 3 weeks before my winter vacation begins! Can't wait!
Queens' Inter-Collegiate Business Competition... what a disappointment. Can't even begin to describe how sad I feel...
Really want to watch it this year. If for nothing else than to re-live the memories of my favourite Disney movie. Maybe if I let my guard down enough to believe in fairytales again, there just might be pleasant surprises to be had. | | |
| 3 shifts at TD, 3 midterms back to back, 2 board meetings with different panels of CEOs, 1 comprehensive annual report. 1 week to do them all. Riiiight. Throw in 2 case competitions to prepare, a trip to Calgary to saddle up for, plus 10 mentoring relationships to facilitate in the next 2 weeks, and the French would say "Zut alors, que l'enfer?!" Last Friday, I experienced time management on a whole new level. Attended Executive Mentor Program event from 6:30 am to 3:30 pm. Dropped by Shoppers for 5 minutes. Got home in 40 minutes. Sent thank-you notes to sponsors in 20 minutes. Fired off job application in 30 minutes. Packed in 20 minutes. Visited the bank for 5 minutes. Arrived at church 30 minutes later. Not bad, eh? Went to Whistler with my church this weekend. Sunday afternoon, as I was leaving the Westin Hotel, a little girl tapped me on the hip. She had invited me to her "tea party" one day, but I never heard anything afterward. Right there in the lobby, she looked at me with these super round eyes, "Sorry about the tea party. I lost your email address. I still love you." And I got a hug.  SIDENOTE: When did it become acceptable for a client to write love poems and deliver flowers to his teller? Oh Ricardo, you crack me up and weird me out. | | |
| "Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate. Without them, what would shape our lives? Perhaps if we never veered off course, we wouldn't fall in love, or have babies, or be who we are. After all, seasons change. So do cities. People come into your life and people go. But it's comforting to know the ones you love are always in your heart. And if you're very lucky, a plane ride away."
- Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City
Nope, no babies or anything crazy. I made a mistake and... thankfully, I am lucky. He's still in my heart and, though not a plane ride away, is a car ride away. A loud and obnoxious car.  | | |
| A little Marketing 101 for those interested in a good laugh... 
1) You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!"
That's direct marketing
2) You're at a party with a bunch of friends and see a gorgeous girl. One of your friends goes up to her and, pointing at you, says: "He's very rich. Marry him."
That's advertising
3) You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and get her telephone number. The next day, you call and say: "Hi, I'm very rich. Marry me."
That's telemarketing
4) You're at a party and see a gorgeous girl. You get up and straighten your tie, walk up to her and pour her a drink, open the car door for her, pick up her bag after she drops it, offer her a ride and then say: "By the way, I'm rich. Will you marry me?"
That's public relations
5) You're at a party and see a gorgeous girl. She walks up to you and says: "You are very rich! Can you marry me?"
That's brand recognition
6) You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!" She gives you a nice hard slap on your face.
That's customer feedback
7) You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!" And she introduces you to her husband.
That's demand and supply gap
8) You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and before you say anything, another person comes and tells her: "I'm rich. Will you marry me?" and she goes off with him.
That's competition eating into your market share
9) You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and before you say: "I'm rich. Marry me!" your wife arrives.
That's restriction for entering new markets | | |
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