A few years ago I decided to get an MBA degree. For years I had felt the need to further my education in order to provide for my family and learn about money and business.
But where should I get my degree?
I knew many big names in business had attended Wharton (Jon Huntsman, Sr., Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Warren Buffet, and Donald Trump to name a few) and so that became my goal. I had a plan and wanted to stick to it: An MBA from Wharton.
I then put my head down and plowed ahead. I studied everything I could about Wharton. But costs and time commitments seemed overwhelming. I began to search for alternatives.
Stanford, Marriott at BYU, and several others began to emerge as options.
Eventually a friend suggested WGU because he had reviewed WGU curricula. In then end I saved $165,000 and two years of time.
A great idea emerged, while I applied my original plan.
Clayton Christensen beautifully explains emergent ideas in his reflective book, How Will You Measure Your Life?. We must move ahead with ideas yet remain wide open to new emerging ideas.
Most growth in marriage comes from emerging ideas. As you lovingly, kindly strategize and brainstorm with your spouse new, better ideas will always emerge.
Emergent ideas are what pops up when your head is down plowing towards objectives.
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