Who said comparison is the death of happiness

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If you are in sales of any kind, remember… your customer, existing or potential, is comparing you always. You know this. I tried to familiarise myself with Microsoft Excel, undertook pre-course reading and sought advice from former MBA students. But nothing could truly prepare me. During my first week at Oxford, I met my classmates: outstanding people with amazing stories to tell.

I met entrepreneurs, engineers, doctors, lawyers and consultants. I met a classmate fluent in five languages, a woman who ran an Aids education programme in Africa and a former professional basketball player.

It was an exciting, humbling experience. Then, suddenly, classes and tutorials began. Parties, dinners, networking events and recruitment drives began in earnest. I was invited along to every activity imaginable: gliding, coffee tasting and salsa dancing, to name a few. My calendar and e-mail inbox were so full that I barely knew where to begin. As I tried to keep my head above water and struggled with my courses, my classmates were running out to parties, taking part in sports and chatting up recruiters.

It seemed like everyone else was doing better and more. The school swarmed with classmates in business attire, rushing to finance and consulting recruitment events. How do these people have time for class and recruiting events? This is difficult on my relationships. Is it really worth it?

This is the essence of the MBA experience: you come in feeling good about yourself, then the MBA knocks the wind out of you and beats you down, only to eventually build you back up again. The MBA is designed to stress you out and see if you can handle it.

Constantly comparing myself to my investment banker classmates was counterproductive.