An MBA teaches you more than just coursework

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So it’s finally happened. I failed one of my main MBA assignments. Perhaps it was inevitable, given I’ve tripled my coursework and put less effort into each subject. They say the cost of your bad habits are in the future.

It stings that the assignment was on leadership. It burns that it was a reflective report on my own capabilities and journey. How on earth do you fail a self reflection assignment?

More easily than you think. The bottom line is that I got carried away. It’s funny how that implies someone else did the carrying, when in truth we carry ourselves away. The dictionary describes it as becoming excessive in one's enthusiasm, excitement or zeal.

I enjoyed thinking and writing about myself so much that I forgot to actually demonstrate my understanding of the course material. If anything carried me away, it was my ego.

I take my hat off to our lecturer for giving me a well deserved F. It was a very, very hard pill to swallow. But it was a valuable lesson. We grow and improve through feedback. My next reflective report will be better.

Will I pass the subject? I don’t know. But I think the real value in learning isn’t always the marks you get. It’s the lessons you learn about yourself, the world and life in the process of getting those marks.

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