I’ve been enjoying the process of going through my MBA program and I love the process of learning. I am finding that the skills I am learning are excellent, in demand and certainly applicable to the real world but other than the managerial aspects of the MBA program, I really have no passion for the stuff I am studying like I did for Criminal Justice. Although I am half way through the program with every intention of finishing it, I’m not really sure how an MBA will affect my future if I decide to follow my inclination to stay in criminal justice. I really don’t care for the police lifestyle or hours that you are forced to keep, but almost every other facet of the job intrigues me to say the least. I’m not indecisive and I’m not a flaky kind of person, but as I mature I am beginning to understand that devoting yourself to doing something that you have no passion for whatsoever is a waste of time in most cases.


I could be a little jaded right now because my last two classes were MBA Essentials (a quantitative course) and Managerial Economics (another quantitative course). I am now taking Managerial Accounting with Managerial Finance looming on the horizon, yet two more quantitative courses. I really have no passion for numbers, working with numbers or applied/theoretical quantitative methods, period. The rub is that I understand how absolutely vital it is to understand this stuff in the real business world at large, but I just cannot get motivated to get into it. I feel as if I have been simply “putting up with” going to through these courses before getting to the things I actually give a darn about, like Leadership. God help me, try as I might I’m just having a tough time finding the motivation to really absorb these courses.


Just between us friends, I would probably have enjoyed the process of getting a Master of Science in Management or a Master of Science in Leadership a little better, but unfortunately neither of these degrees are in demand or command the respect that an MBA does. Ironically I believe it is because the MBA forces one to understand the quantitative methods of which I care so little about. Isn’t life funny? But hey, the bright side is 10 more weeks of this stuff and it’s smooth sailing. I hope.