DMOPed

In the last 5 weeks, I have decided whether Tina should apply for an internship in Meena's firm, whether Tina should take her friend to lunch to get insider information on her chances of getting the internship, whether Carol would loose her job if she follows strategy A, whether Tata Nano was a disruptive innovation, whether ZS Associates should add more people to its sales force, whether Barco should have taken Sony's challenge seriously, whether US Feds should have meddled in Thailand's real-estate crisis, whether Spain should decrease its goverment's expenditure, whether India's RBI should revise the repo rate, whether Seema should buy a new scooter on every birthday, whether the art gallery should hold a second price auction, whether Husky should have continued being a niche player, whether Microsoft should have launched XBox, whether the gambler would walk randomly, whether Sonites are a better investment than Vodites, whether to be a first mover, and the like. Guess they're right when they say life is short!

I feel a bit wiser after 2 grueling terms at the Indian School of Business, which reminds me of my dad. He always says to me "You are a wise head on young shoulders". [He might wanna rephrase that though - it's been quite a while since I've been young in his eyes :)] But, boy did I know, there's so much more to be done to acquire another worldly form of wisdom.

There were some other decisions to be made as well, but they were mere mortal issues in front of the ones above. Here's a few: whether sleep an extra 30 minutes or read the pile of papers next to the pillow on weekends, whether skip breakfast or pick up breakfast on the way to class, whether take a shower or be late to class (our little secret! Shh...), whether brush teeth at night or get 10 minutes of extra slumber, whether conduct the study group meeting late at night when half of us are asleep or conduct it in the morning when the other half of us are asleep. Piece of cake! Life inadvertently found the answers. You read through the pile of papers next to the pillow on the weekend, but got your picture posted on facebook for sleeping in class on Monday, you skipped breakfast and forgot your wallet at home while going to class, you skipped shower and got to class late, you did not brush you teeth at night, but you watched "Two and a half men" for 40 minutes before dozing off, you conducted study group meetings at '08 party lounge with a beer in hand and feet on the dance floor (bet everyone was awake then till 6 am).

Good or bad - we all make choices. And we learn to live with them, just like I am learning to live with a choice I made last year to come here :) I am going to kill me one day for doing this to me! Until then, I remain DMOPed.