Tag: optimism
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Welcome to the Rock…
Photo credit: Zach Bonnell A few months ago, my wife and I took our 11-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son to see Come From Away at the Durham Performing Arts Center. Before going, all I knew about the show was that it told the story of the planes that were diverted to Newfoundland when the tragedy…
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Kicking the Hopium Habit
When my daughter was just shy of two years old, my wife and I were faced with a decision: to take away her pacifier—and endure a week of interrupted sleep as she cried her way to a pacifier-free world—or hope she would swear off her pacifier on her own, thereby preserving our well-earned sleep. It…
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The humanity beneath your Uber driver’s star rating
“How’s business?” “I’m not talking to customers today.” Well, this is getting interesting. I persisted. “What’s going on?” “Some guy gave me 2 stars yesterday. And I drove for 13 hours yesterday and made $37.” When I booked my Uber on my way to the Houston airport, I noticed the driver–Anne–had 4.7 stars out of…
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Why MBAs Suck at Networking
MBA students and alumni may have the most to gain from networking, but most of them suck at it. Why? My own business school and professional experience has shown me four reasons MBAs suck at networking. They don’t do it: Many MBAs don’t think they need to network because they are going to a top…
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Why I’m an optimist
I’m happy to see this recent research in the MIT Sloan Management Review that confirms one of my long-held beliefs about the power of optimism, especially in the job search. Interestingly, I took part in this research when I was at Fuqua from 2005-2007. This research complements a recent blog post by Anthony Tjan in the Harvard…
Josh Cohen 