{"id":623,"date":"2008-04-02T15:07:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-02T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/does-an-mba-mat\/"},"modified":"2008-04-02T15:07:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-02T15:07:00","slug":"does-an-mba-mat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/does-an-mba-mat\/","title":{"rendered":"Does an MBA Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our hyper-competitive age, having an MBA matters.&nbsp; I&#8217;m not saying that it truly matters.&nbsp; I&#8217;m saying it matters to our culture.&nbsp; Just like March Madness or the cost of oil does to many.&nbsp; I have always believed that whatever education you choose should be fuel for your destiny.&nbsp; Sadly, destiny doesn&#8217;t matter a lot for people caught in the whirlwind of competition and material success.&nbsp; It&#8217;s more of an afterthought.<\/p>\n<p>So, does an MBA matter.&nbsp; I think it can if it is a part of the story that is your life.&nbsp; Getting an MBA because it will increase your money-making power is not the best motivation.&nbsp; I say that, knowing that many have obtained the degree for those reasons.&nbsp; So if you&#8217;re considering putting in the time to obtain an MBA and don&#8217;t really have a vision for the future, then you may be placing your ladder on the wrong building.&nbsp; Happens all the time.&nbsp; More than you&#8217;d believe.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some tips on how to value an MBA:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An MBA is only as valuable as the vision it supports.&nbsp; For example, if you don&#8217;t have a vision about your career, then an MBA won&#8217;t help you. <\/li>\n<li>An MBA should help you find a career made to last.&nbsp; See Pinny Cohen&#8217;s piece on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinnycohen.com\/2008\/03\/23\/dollars-and-sense\/choose-a-recession-proof-career\/\"><em>Choose a Recession-Proof Career<\/em><\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>An MBA should not be used to form identity. <\/li>\n<li>An MBA is statement and not an entitlement. <\/li>\n<li>Know your design!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our hyper-competitive age, having an MBA matters.&nbsp; I&#8217;m not saying that it truly matters.&nbsp; I&#8217;m saying it matters to our culture.&nbsp; Just like March Madness or the cost of oil does to many.&nbsp; I have always believed that whatever education you choose should be fuel for your destiny.&nbsp; Sadly, destiny doesn&#8217;t matter a lot&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-2","category-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}