Inspiration from Drucker Centennial Week

The Drucker Centennial Week celebration finished with Drucker Centennial Day yesterday. We had Jim Collins, Charles Handy, and many other great guest speakers coming to Claremont and share all kinds of insights with us, especially about "Why we need Drucker now, more than ever"!

I was really excited that we have the chance to meet Jim Collins and can hear from him about Drucker's philosophy. And he didn't disappoint me at all! One sentence that really touched me is this, "The great leaders are extremely ambitious, but not for themselves!"

People tend to think the basic stuffs are not as important and new thoughts or innovations. Although some new ideas are pretty excited, the sincerity, honesty, trust, etc, are still the most important characters for a successful leader. And people usually forget these things because they are simply too basic.

There must be reasons that great leaders/thinkers are always talking about the basic things. However, many people focus only in narrow field and ignore the importance of the big picture. Human beings have unlimited capability, but we like to limit ourselves all the time.

One advice that Jim Collins offered was to "build your own personal board of directors. People selected not for their accomplishment, but for their character. The people you will be embarrassed talking to if you are thinking if this is really a right thing to do."

Every of his suggestion is just so deeply touching my heart, and I almost agree with every of them sincerely.

When Jim Collins talked about the first meeting between him and Peter Drucker. When Drucker left his advice for Jim Collins, Peter was not worried about Jim's survival in academic, nor about Jim's career or financial success, but Peter asked Jim to think about how to be useful. And as Jim Collins recalled, that 10 seconds conversation changed his whole life.

This week truly reminded me how great Peter Drucker is. The week also convinced me once again that I am extremely lucky to be in this fantastic school. Thanks for Jim Collins, I again listened to a speech with tears in my eyes.

As a co-director of Marketing Club in Drucker School, I was proud that I really have some trustworthy partners to work with now. The result can be so easily seen as we presented the club booth. On that booth, we had the collaborative work of many people in marketing club. The booth was beautifully designed and decorated. We had Prof. Darroch's new book presented on the booth. The certificate of being one chapter of American Marketing Association was so shining. I am also grateful that members designed different materials that make our project successful. To present the business card the member designed in the booth, I felt really proud.

This semester, the Drucker Marketing Club is having many activities and events going on. We are having guest speakers coming in next two weeks, too. I am really glad we are having members keep joining our events!

The final part I'd like to share is about the conversation with Masatoshi Ito, the founder and honorary chairman of the Ito-Yokado Group. His friendship and working relationship with Peter Drucker spanned more than three decades. Ito San is an amazingly humble person and a great leader in Japan. I am so honored to be in the school named Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito School!

Ito San was really kind and took time to meet Drucker School students. Because this event was decided at the last minute, we were worried that we could not broadcast the information fast enough to draw people to this event. However, we soon found that the worry was so stupid. Ito San is such a great leader that his appearance drew attention by nature. We ended up with a room full of people, and crowd even outside of the room.

Ito San talked about his relationship with Peter Drucker and how he learned from Peter. In fact, Peter insisted to have Ito's name on the school because he believed Ito San is a practical side of himself! Seeing the true friendship with two great men, I was deeply touched and felt so proud to be associated with them.

Non-surprisingly, the values that Ito San deeply embeds in every aspect of his thought totally match what Peter and all other great thinkers believe. They all value social responsibility, honesty, and dignity. They all dislike the "money centric" and "profit-only" ideas. Just like Jim Collins said, "The great leaders are extremely ambitious, but not for themselves." Ito San is a great example and role model for us, which I truly appreciate!

In this photo, the person in the center who had the great smile on his face is one of our professors. He is teaching self-management in our school, a field that is very important for knowledge workers, but are not addressed by most "B-schools" at all.

I have been studying in Drucker School for more than 1 year. Of course, this school is not perfect, and it's small with limited resources.

However, where can you find a school that all the professors are really passionate about teaching and students' success? Where can you find a school that everyone is so friendly and so tightly working together, even as volunteers? In what kind of business speaking sessions, you can find your eyes wet all the time while listening to different great speakers talking about their dream and Peter's dream.

The Drucker School is great. I am extremely lucky to be here and to share all the great thoughts with many many great people.

NSHMBA 2009

This is the 2nd time I attended NSHMBA career fair.

The event is one of the biggest for MBA in the US, and I have always learned a lot by just struggling in the career fair and talking with people.

Finding a job under this economy is really difficult even for Americans, not to mention for the international students.

As international students, it's just the reality we are facing.

In fact, I do think going back to Taiwan is also a good option. However, I also want to learn more in the US, since I really feel the diverse cultures here in California inspire me a lot.

Last year, the NSHMBA conference was in Atlanta and I went there with many classmates. Senior students taught me how to network with people, and we even debate whether trying to make friends with strangers is a necessary thing to do. The experience really shocked me because I had't understood how difficult for me to find a job in the US.

This year, Drucker School had much fewer students going with us even school is aggressively trying to send us there by sponsoring hotel fee. Several of us still went, and I felt it's totally worth it. The event is actually a bit smaller than last year. Companies are offering more internship but maybe not as many full time jobs. I practiced talking with recruiters again, and I realized I improved. My improvement really makes me happy, although it may be very little.

Also, this year, my brother joined me in job hunting in the US.

It's great to share with him and try to help.

The NSHMBA event itself may not be too much fun, but going there with friends, learning from practicing, talking with all kinds of different people, and confirming my own understanding of myself all are really useful for me.

I am glad I joined again this year. And I really enjoyed this trip with friends and my brother.

OXford Program: Global Strategy & Trade

I Just finished the trip in Oxford, UK. This is a nice trip with all kinds of different experiences.

Although it's an interesting and fun trip, I did go there for a class: Global Strategy & Trade.

Many Drucker School senior students recommended this class to me, and after taking it by myself, I would like to recommend this class to everyone in Drucker School & CGU, too.

This class does not only open to MBA students in Drucker School, but also accept PHD students in CGU and, of course, EMBA students. This structure of students makes the program more diverse, and I appreciate it.

There are two professors and many guest speakers giving lectures during the two weeks in Oxford. We had either lecture from professor in the morning and guest speaker in the afternoon, or vice versa. The assignments were heavy but helpful, we needed to finish all the readings and writings before we arrived Oxford so that we can enjoy the time being there.

All the social events and tours arranged in Oxford were interesting. Although I could not understand the Shakespeare play, I did enjoy watching it. We visited Wembley Stadium and Mini car plant, and both were pretty informative and fun.

The best part is the interaction with classmates and professors. Every student stayed in the same dorm and we were all having the same schedule for classes, events, and meals. Thus, we could know everyone at the end and had closer relationship. I did enjoy knowing different people, especially when everyone is interested in Globalization.

Anyway, this is a really nice program that opened my eyes. The classes and speeches were from all different kinds of perspectives, and having class in Oxford is a totally different feeling from having class in Claremont. I strongly recommend everyone take this class if possible because I found it really valuable!

Drucker School Golf Competition

Before my internship started, this is my last social event.

It's really fun to play golf with professor, EMBA student, alumni, and school director/dean, especially under the Spring weather of Southern California.

If you ever wonder whether this golf competition is worth to join, it is strongly recommended!

I was teamed up with MBA director, our OB professor, and an EMBA student. They are all very very nice partners(Drucker's culture!) The rule of this game is basically based on the team performance. We played only "the best ball" in each team each shot, so every team seemed to have really good score and people had little pressure on individual performance. It's a relaxing game, really.

Since I came to California, golf has really became enjoyable to me, and it's my pleasure to attend Drucker School's social event. It's so lucky to study here and to find out the fun of golf. Thanks to everyone who has played, talked, practiced golf with me!

Info Sharing: The Annenberg Space for Photography

This is a post of my friend. He is an expert in photography, font, and design.

I am planning to visit The Annenberg Space for Photography.

Here is the article about it in WSJ: Annenberg's New Gallery Space

Please let me know if you are interested in it, too.

Copy from: http://www.oikos.com.tw/v4/viewtopic.php?id=54625

Author: Paul Hung

想要知道快門，光圈，相機，王鏡的人士請止步，因為這個組織的重心並非在儀器，但是展示的作品都是用傳統的 C-print。很多都是印在 Fujiflex Supergloss 上面，所以有 Cibachrome 的感覺，很有生命的影像。

The Annenberg Space for Photography 在 3/27/2009 於 Century City 開幕。位於 Century Park 的南邊，The Annenberg Space for Photography 是著名的 USC Annenberg School of Communication 與 University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School of Communication 背後的 Annenberg 基金會主辦的一個專門為視覺/攝影而設的展示館。

Century Plaza
2000 Avenue of the Stars, #10
Los Angeles, CA 90067
tel: 213.403.3000
fax: 213.403.3100

Wed-Sun: 11am - 6pm

Century Park 的主要建築是 Century Plaza Towers，是由 Minoru Yamasaki 所設計的。一眼望去，可以看到 NYC World Trade Center (WTC) 的影子。沒錯，WTC 也是 Yamasaki 設計的。多年來成為洛杉磯法律等行業的第一選擇。律師的住址要不是 Century Plaza 的話，就無人問津。因為如此，幾年前 Century Plaza Towers 以南的空地加建一棟新的大樓，命名為 2000 Avenue of the Stars。在同一個時段，Century Plaza Towers 的大廳也重新裝修，與新的建築的風格呼應，成為一體。南加州沒有多少代表性的建築，而 Century City 因為離高速公路有一段路，所一一般觀光客不知道這棟大樓在七零年代曾經是最大的立體停車場之一，而且規劃完善，直到今天，還能夠讓擁擠的汽車出入方便。

說到停車，因為這裡是辦公大樓，所以週末毫無人煙。因此平日 8:30—16:30 (M-F) 三個小時 $3.50 （蓋章後的優惠價）的停車費用在 16:30 之後入場，或者週六/日全天的三小時停車費用是 $1.00。

第一梯次的展示已經開始，6/28/2009 截止。這一次的展示可以看到以下駐於洛杉磯的攝影師的作品：

Julius Shulman
Tim Street-Porter
這兩位的作品大家可能都很熟悉。他們的作品多半與建築有關係。Julius Shulman 的處女作與多數的作品是 Richard Neutra 設計的建築，而 Tim Street-Porter 以他的現有光源與 'lived in' 風格，改變了大家對建築攝影的刻板印象。

Douglas Kirklnd
Greg Gorman
這兩位攝影師出名於他們與明星的融合力。在他們的快門前，明星可以毫無顧忌地流露真情。
以下幾位是駐洛杉磯時報多年的攝影記者
Carolyn Cole 在多次的戰地攝影融化了敵人與戰友的界限，也讓她多次得到了 Pulitzer Prize。
Lawrence Ho 在 1992 年的洛杉磯大動亂作品也為他帶來了 Pulitzer Prize.
Kirk McKoy 是洛杉磯時報的資深 Feature Photo Editor，也得了兩次 Pulitzer Prize
Genaro Molina 也是洛杉磯時報的資深攝影記者。

Catherine Opie's 的 "In and Around Home" 將她特殊的親身經驗經過視覺淋漓盡致地表達。

John Baldessari 的社論式的重點（黃/紅/藍) 塗鴉博人一笑。

在這個建築的正中心有兩個面對面的光面，後投射的螢幕。非常高的品質，把多有展示的照片用多媒體的方式呈現在觀眾眼裡。不過也因為如此方式，大家可以親身體會，沖印在 C-print 上面的畫質還是無法被投射式，甚至 Quad-HD (3840 x 2160) 所取代。

每個星期四的晚間 18:30 開始有攝影師的演講與示範，要事先預約。


微軟是贊助這個組織的成員之一，所以裡頭有兩個大螢幕 (42 吋） 的 Surface。不讓我驚訝的，就是工作人員說，那兩個電腦的作業系統承受不了使用者的正常使用，整天當個不停。更妙的是，研究室裡頭有兩部電腦，一部 Windows Vista，一部 Macintosh，可是都用 23" 的 Cinema Display。就算 Cinema Display 的影像品質普普通通，整體上來說，這個空間對設計的風格要求嚴格，所以只有 Cinema Display 通過考驗。對了，那兩個 Surface 的玻璃桌子也設計得非常漂亮。

最重要的，不要看 MapQuest/Google Map。我告訴各位一個捷徑。

I-10, exit at National
Turn west at Manning
Turn north at Motor
Turn east at Pico
Turn north at Avenue of the Stars
Turn east at Constellation




當你出來的時候，千萬別看路標，跑到 Robertson 去（E)，或者跑到 Overland （W)。照原路回高速公路。照路標往東走，上 I-10 東向的話，會跑到 Robertson 去，那就毀了。上列的那些路徑會碰上五個 Stop signs，但是路上都是西洛杉磯的正點住宅區。非豪宅，但是非常高雅的住宅區，很養眼。在上下班時間很快的就能夠到達高速公路出入口。這個是電影界與當地居民才知道的路徑。

Drucker School Classmates Won 2009 Net Impact Case Competition!

This is a part of the letter from our Dean, Ira Jackson:

I couldn't resist letting you know right away the good news that our Drucker School team won the national NetImpact case competition yesterday at the LEEDS School of Business in Boulder, Colorado. Competing against some 85 other business schools, Drucker beat out the University of North Carolina and the team from MIT for first place honors, the national title, and the $6,000 prize. This NetImpact award is billed as "the premier case format competition built around businesses facing sustainability challenges while succeeding financially." Way to go, Emi (Makino), Tyler (Burrell), Jay (Hinton) and Sarah (Shwald)! You make all of us proud. This is a truly magnificent achievement.

I feel proud that although Drucker School is small, our students are outstanding enough to compete with those huge schools. Also, I have classed with all of these classmates, played golf with Tyler, and discussed QM project with Emi. It's a pleasure to work with these brilliant people.

Congratulation.

International Fellows Program Graduation Day

Since I started school in June, I have been learning English from four kind professors in IF program. I met many kind and intelligent Asian people, who are from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China. We learned together, drink together, poker together, and now celebrate the program graduation together.

Yesterday, 15 of us finally graduated from this language program. In the beginning of the summer, we were so afraid of talking in English, and were so new to here that everyone was busy settling everything. Now, we worked so well. Even in OB class, comparing with American students, our presentation skill, analysis ability, and participation were all beyond the average. Of course, we need to thank IF program for the progress and all the help they offered.

I really appreciated IF program and I believe it is really a helpful program for international students. Of course, without it, we can still survive, learn, and perform, but it's like a buffer for me. After almost two years empty(military + school application), I was very close-minded and even stupid. However, during the two months in summer, IF program was so intense and the instructors were so aggressively demanding hard-working from us. I was totally recovered in the summer and prepared for the fall semester.

In short, thank to every great member in IF program, including faculty, staff, Drucker staff, and of course, my favorite classmates. Because of you, I gained a ton of great memories and improvements. Thank you all and let's cheer to our future!

The message.

Sometimes, I feel life is delivering some messages to me, and in order to let me really understand, it expresses its ideas by different people's words and attitude. 

In college, I realized the importance of open-minded from Chinese Medical class, Mathematical logic, and a very good American teacher, Steve Wallace. These classes and people did not tell me, "You should be more open-minded," but they inspired me through the power of open-minded attitude.

Yesterday, I talked with one friend and we discussed about my future career a lot. By his experience, the glory of getting into "marketing devision" may not be necessary a good thing. Since everyone has the pride of being a part of the most competitive devision, in his experience, working there reduced his life quality a lot. He suggested that if he got into some "top-ranking" MBA school, he may feel high pressure and can not really make good relationship with people because everyone thinks they are the best.

When I applied MBA schools, I did try to apply by ranking on major magazines. However, I really felt I was wrong. I somehow feel this is my fate to come to Drucker, although it does not even attend most of the rankings because of small size and short history. 

Since I was in Taiwan, one of my high school friends has strongly suggested me to choose Claremont because of the location and small size. At that time, I worried about the ranking and reputation of school, so I could not easily decide to come here. Now, I know she was right. 

I was told by one of our Taiwanese American classmate that in top ranking schools, only the top students got the benefits. That makes sense. Who will want to hire the worst performance student in any school? Also, the huge class size of traditional top ranking MBA school leads the atmosphere not intimate and not close. These are not the qualities I am looking for in my MBA.

There is one friend, who is also working on  her MBA, told me, "it take something to make my MBA's top ranking." when I suggested her to maintain healthy life style. To be honest, I felt I am lucky to be here because Drucker School matches my priority of life choices.

To know Japanese students is also helpful for me to understand myself. It's obvious that Japanese spend more effort and time on studying and working. I really admire and respect this attitude. However, when this leads to irregular or not enough sleeping time and little time for eating, I really can not agree.

In short, there are many choices in life. People choose what they think is right. However, there indeed is nothing right or wrong. Only one thing is for sure, different decisions lead to different results. I am grateful that I chose Drucker School and I hope everyone makes the choice that he(she) really desires!

This is the one of the messages I received recently...

Watching College Basketball

Today, I went to watch the college basketball in Honda Center, Anaheim, but we got an conclusion that the basketball game was just the entertainment for the cheerleader.....ha~

I am grateful that MBA office arranged this event. Although this is not NBA and there were not so many people attended, I think it's worth to see and college basketball is exciting.

One thing that I was happy about is the quality of my camera. We sat very far from the center but I took some good photos.
Anyway, it's a good experience and I enjoyed a lot. Next time, I should go to see the Lakers! (but it's so expensive....  >.<)

Move to CGU Dorm

Finally, I moved to CGU dorm.

Since I first contacted with housing office before I got here, the information they provided has already been doubtful for me. Based on their suggestion, I did not try to register for the new dorm because of highly competitive application. However, last month I suddenly got the information that there is a one-bedroom apartment available in CGU dorm. I immediately decided to move.

The process of checking the availability is a bit troublesome, but staff in housing are in fact pretty nice people. Although the working efficiency has been always a complaint of the students, I do believe they tried their best to serve us.

Anyway, finally, I moved in.

It's great that some friends are just as near as a few steps away from my room. The short distance from school is a great benefit that I can walk or ride bike to school easily. The only problem of lacking of internet has been temporarily solved by my kind neighbor who let me use her internet for free.

I would like to thank everyone who helped me to move here.

Since the plenty of moving experience in military, I know that if there are enough people helping, the moving process can be very fast. However, usually it's very difficult to gather people. I am lucky. All the friends here are so kind and so helpful that even during the final projects weeks, Kazuma, Ryo, Hiroshi, April, Naoto, Tian, and Michie all were helping. I really really appreciate and want to say thank you again.

Now, I stay in A104 in CGU dorm. I will try to create more memories and happiness here. This is my comfortable nest in California!

My American classmates

Before coming here, most rumors about American classmates in the US are negative. It seems to be a common sense that the language barrier is not the only problem existing between international students and American students. However, my experience in Drucker School is totally different, at least in my opinion.

Since this community is so diverse and international students are almost half of the class, although we do have about 50% of American classmates, American culture does not dominating the classroom experience. There are more than ten times I have heard this, "If you ask me(American) to make a presentation in Japanese or Chinese, I definitely can not do as well as you did." Whenever I this, I really appreciate their understanding and respectful attitude.

Recently, I have a project with three other international students and one American. Although we have not presented in the class yet, I have learned a lot. I am grateful that the American classmate is so patiently explain every detail and difference in the language part. In this team, he is the only one who use English as mother language, so I believe he somehow feels like an outsider. Although everyone is kind and helpful in my team, I understand how much effort the American classmate put in our project, not even mention that he is the only one who has full-time job.

The US is  a huge country with a lot of philosophy that I can not totally agree. On the other hand, I do think we need to learn the open-minded attitude and diverse perspective. Of course, not everyone is as lucky as me and not everyone has good American team members, but there indeed is some very friendly, understanding, and helpful Americans that are trying to build positive relationship with internationals. I met a lot of them here in Claremont during this six months. 

In short, I just want to appreciate them and I wish I can be as open minded and helpful as them.

Utah trip - Arches National Park

Thank Ryo & Kazuma, I enjoyed  a great trip to Arches National Park during my first Thanksgiving holiday in the US.

We arrived at night after a long long driving. The lodge we stayed was so nice. I was surprised when I knew that we can even use free wireless internet in the room. The scenery was also amazing there! I felt we enjoyed the nature and luxury at the same time. 

After a fun discussion about the plan of the next day, I fell asleep because of tiring long driving. It's really tough to drive more than ten hours a day. However, the experience is totally worth it. Some of us went horse riding on the second day. Riding horse on the trial with amazing view is a fantastic experience. My horse was very stable and cute. I was glad it was not so eager to eat nor too lazy to move. This was my first time to ride a horse and cross a small string. We took some great photos and everyone was satisfied with the guides.

We took some time in Arches National Park. The trials are enjoyable and the weather was good. We were lucky because it's cloudy but not rainy. If the rain came one day earlier, we could not hike anymore. Anyway, the Arches are unbelievable and we hiked a bit so that we could enjoy more in the dinner. 

The dinner was in Moab brewery. People said it's good, and they didn't lie. After dinner, we came back lodge, chatted for a while, and played poker. Everyone was so tired that the next day no one could get up!

The rushing morning was also fun. We all were surprised that no one woke up before 10:30 a.m. and we almost could not check out on time. Obviously, we enjoyed a lot.

The driving was terribly long but also interesting. Especially when Kazuma's car suddenly showed up besides my car. We also ate two meals in Vegas and gambled a bit. This is a great trip with great partners.

Thank you all for traveling together!

Boston Trip - Boston Career Forum

Back from Boston, I was so grateful that my school is in California with great weather. Although I like the atmosphere in the comparably old city, the low temperature is still a huge problem for me.

This trip is valuable, I think. Despite no jobs for me, the opportunity to see and participate the biggest Japanese job fair in the US is still a useful experience. I interviewed with Vp of Amazon.jp. He is really calm and smart. In fact, I believed I did a good job in that interview, although I failed to get the intern because of the lack of my experience and language ability. 

In the event, one may realize the stereo type: "Japanese can not speak good English." is totally wrong. There are so many new generation Japanese who can speak English much better than me. Maybe Japan will change dramatically in the near future. Who knows.

I am glad that I could meet the recruiter of Wunderman again. I regard this is a great company to work for and also a place really attracts me. 

The Taiwanese shabu shabu in Boston is the most impressive surprise for me. I enjoyed the shabu shabu which has 麻辣鍋底, 蒜泥 and 沙茶醬 with Japanese friends. We even ate two times in different shabu shabu restaurant during out very short stay.

In fact, I feel guilty by flying so far without getting a job back. However, I can only keep trying and practicing. I believe some day those dots in my life will somehow connect to each other. I can only keep my faith in myself.  That's all I can do.

Atlanta trip:NSHMBA career expo

I came back from Atlanta last Sat. night. There are lots things that I learned from this event. First of all, the economy is really shrinking right now. All the companies are offering much less openings than demands. Although that might be the truth for anytime, the difficulty of finding a job is extremely high right now.

Second, the opportunities for international students are even fewer. There are few reasons that a company needs to hire someone from other country, especially at this moment. They may want to hire me in their Chinese branch or Hong-Kong one. And that may be the highest possibility my intern will be.(if I can really get one)

Third, I need to learn and get used to American culture in order to get an offer here. All those social events, greeting conversations, and strong confidence in expressing oneself make me uncomfortable, but I need to overcome it or I will never get a job here!

It's a tough mission and I do not think I can achieve it. However, this is also a chance to grow, to learn, to be open-minded, so I will keep trying. Boston career forum! I am coming soon!

久違了的中文網誌

好長一段時間沒用中文打網誌了

但是 有些東西 沒用中文打還是沒感覺

英文也沒有因為寫網誌而進步 

今天就暫時切換回中文模式吧

開學一個禮拜

課業壓力很明顯的愈來愈重了

但大學我也不是念假的 統計啦 會計啦 對我來說都不算太難吧

這個週末 去了LA Downtown 的 Little Tokyo

還有去找一間在日本很popular的店Book-Off

昨天去play golf & poker

今天卯起來趕作業之外 還參加了Taiwanese Student Association 的 Welcome party

每天都是這樣的好忙碌呀

英文說進步嘛 其實是不滿足的

單字的累積還是少的可憐 課業嘛 老師都很棒 

但是內容因為是剛開始吧 又都是我學過的東西

倒不至於太興奮 將來可以選課 或者上有關Drucker的東西

應該會比較讓人期待吧

老師和同學的水平都很高

不是說腦筋好就是水平高

怎麼說呢 聰明和好相處和有很多工作經驗和懂得人和很多其他東西都是很重要的

這裡的氣氛很好 非常肯定自己選對了學校

同樣是花一大筆錢 花兩年時間 

環境的重要性自然是不在話下 能進到這裡 是緣份也是好運吧

昨天 去打Golf 

感覺很好 一陣子沒打了

前兩洞的表現不是用"爛"就可以形容的

但之後愈來愈穩

打到七八九三洞 整個感覺都很穩很好

有種"我真的會打耶" 的那種感覺

真好呀 一直以來都那麼弱 終於有點進步了

或許這兩年內 我的golf skill真能有點突破呢!

暑假去了那麼多地方

也真的見識到了

美國真的好大呀

中國也是吧 我想 

還有好多地方沒見識過 沒體驗過

這輩子怎麼夠用呢 呵

好久沒和台灣的朋友們聯絡了

繁忙的事務加上時差 

已經和乃倫說了 希望大家可以找個時間

要是可以用skype和大家聊聊天 該有多好

來這裡已經超過三個多月

好多事情都有了變化

其實 只覺得自己再探索

在orientation裡面聽到Dean of Drucker School說了一句話

讓我對這學校和我自己充滿了信心

他說"我問了很多很多校友,Drucker School帶給他們什麼,每個人的回答幾乎都是一致的:

          Drucker School就像指南針一樣, 讓我們找到人生的新的方向"

儘管日子過得很繁忙

倒不是真的很辛苦的

玩得很兇 書也唸得很兇

思考的時間也不至於沒有

總是想"這樣做對嗎?" 或者 "該不該怎樣呢?" 之類的問題

對於金錢 對於 事業 對於 感情 對於 朋友

我這才發現 我還有個赤子之心呀 儘管25歲了

沒有一件事情是有定論的

日本同學老是告訴我

Future will change

是呀 就是這樣囉

考慮那麼多不如體驗多一點吧

這兩年的目標

體驗 感受 找到人生的compass

繼續加油吧!

Enjoyeable round of golf

This is the first time I played golf with just friends.
Dan, our instructor in IF program, played with us. It is a very enjoyeable game !
Everyone plays in a relaxing mood, so no people are pushy or in a hurry.
We just enjoyed thr game itself. This is the most important thing!

I am so glad that we can do this together. Maybe I will love golf more and more in the future!

I Got My Student ID !

今天下午下了課之後 知道Student ID已經可以領取 

就和Naoto一起去拿 上面這張就是啦

照片是現場照的 拍得不錯 整個學生證都很有質感

在校內的商店可以當儲值卡使用

拿到之後可以進出圖書館了 終於 有了一個學生的身份 感覺很好

有歸屬感是很重要的

I am a student of Drucker School ! Finally!

這幾天相當忙碌 每天都馬不停蹄的感覺 今天早上終於按照計畫騎車上學

昨天也拿到汽車駕照了 各方面漸漸上了軌道 相對課業也愈來愈重 

在交大準備一個禮拜的東西在這邊只有一個或兩個晚上可以準備

這種感覺很好 有一點點被逼到 但是努力的方向又是我有興趣的方向

接下來的兩年肯定會很充實 我已經可以預想到了

跟同學相處非常愉快 目前認識一個韓國朋友 五個日本同學 兩個台灣同學

大家都在orientation就簽下投名狀 在學校講中文韓文日文者 必殺之

所以我們很有默契很乖巧的都講英文 即使只有兩個台灣人相處 也都講英文

感覺英文的熟稔度增進的很快 

大家聊天聊得都很開心 必竟都是亞洲人 彼此多少有點了解

兩個日本同學都已婚 一個三個月前結婚 有帶老婆來 

另一個的老婆還在日本工作 陪兩個很小的小孩

韓國同學的未婚妻也還在韓國 但是十二月就會過來這邊

真好呀 每個人都有老婆是怎樣

他們還問我結婚沒 我真是傻了不知道該怎樣回答

我說我連GF都沒有 而且我還很年輕呀 我說我24歲 竟然大家都一臉驚訝...

是怎樣 我看起來很老是嗎?

anyway

老師人都很好 學校環境超一流 舒服 安靜(主因是現在是summer) 設備也都很好

今天走進computer lab 看到十台白色iMac 心情只有雀躍而已 呵

新生活愈來愈緊湊 每天都有meetings 一直認識新朋友 而且大多不是台灣人

唯一要做的就是把握這個環境好好努力

還有什麼比這個更讓人欣喜的呢?

The Orientation of International Fellow Program

本來一直覺得最好搞定的就是學習

在這邊應該是交朋友啦 文化的適應啦 各方面比較困難

看來事實不見得是如此

今天聽了聽課程的介紹 不過就是個語言課嘛

搞得這麼intensive... 

感覺光是聽他們介紹就覺得自己會頂不住...

遇到了日本 韓國 中國同學

全都是以後MBA的同學

主要還是日本同學居多

一進教室竟然先要我們先一份contract

聲明自己接下來每個要上課的日子

早上九點到下午五點之間不能使用英文以外的語言

真是太心機了... 我們這種有良心的人

簽下去就真的得這樣做了

anyway

這些教授都很專業 對於他們的教學也很有信心

重點是 他們對於訓練國際學生都很有經驗很有耐心

感覺很好 一整天下來就覺得英文進步很多了

下午出來前大家聊天都可以很順暢

希望這兩個月可以突飛猛進一下

是說...教科書怎麼這麼貴呀...是想靠這樣逼我們唸書嗎! 

開學了

終於

唸MBA的目的

人對我來說一直是最重要的

以前拍照 不管多美的景物 如果沒有人在相片中 總是不太會讓我多看一眼

雖然現在比較沒那麼強烈了 

總還是覺得 一張相片中 要有人的氣息 才能吸引我

就算畫面中沒有人的出現 也是能捕捉到人的感覺的吧

說到management, marketing, strategy, ... 我總認為 只有人最重要

Trump說過 「經營的人 甚至比location還要重要」

這我同意 無視人之明 充其量當個不錯的manager 離leader 還遠得很

但

說到知人善任 說到人性 說到人和 

我又有多少本事?

德川家康 靠長命, 隱忍, 盼到了他的天下 

過程中 對誰應該怎樣處理 對誰可以怎樣反應

才是他度過一個個關卡的關鍵

織田信長 如果更懂德光秀 一點 哪怕只有一點

恐怕也輪不到豐臣秀吉出來囂張

我很期待

到一個不同的國家

遇見不同的人 聽見不同的思想 產生不同的激盪

儘管以人為主體 這樣產生的 哲學 歷史 風氣 禮貌 商業 各種文化

都是豐富而美好的

我衷心期待著這些衝擊帶給我的轉變 讓我能對人有更深的了解

念MBA不是為了念商 而是為了懂人 對我來說就是這樣

The Daily Drucker

I got a package from my school yesterday.

It is a book, "The Daily Drucker".

Of course, this results from the founder of my school, Peter F. Drucker, who is the most important management guru in 20th century.

A warm regard from my school makes me feel it's a right place to go.

Silly, uh?