How to make the best of your time at HULT
“Pack your bags, get ready and say goodbye to the old you- because once you get here, you are going to change so much and for the better.” This is how my one of my fellow classmates and Hultian for the 2nd year Jorge Bazoberry beautifully summed up his HULT experience, and to be honest I couldn’t have said it better myself (and I’m very good with words).
HULT is one of the best and life changing experiences you will ever go through. I loved it so much in fact that, after completing my MBA in London and rotating to Dubai, I’m back in Boston doing my Masters in International Marketing. Doing this for the second-time round, I reflected (something they will ask you to do a lot at HULT) on my experience in the past year: What worked? What didn’t? And what can be improved? And I thought I would share my experience with you in the hopes that my advice will help wind down the stress and turn up the enjoyment.
1) Break It Down And Tackle 1 Thing At A Time
Have a big group project and don’t know where to
start? An essay to write but facing writer’s block?
Feeling like you have a lot going on and that it’s
JUST TOO MUCH? We’ve all been there, and it’s
not a fun place to be. Here’s the problem, we
think of things as a whole and not as parts. Let’s
assume you want to write a 1000 word essay,
don’t just think I have to write an essay. Break
down into steps of what needs to be done An
example would be something like this:
• Create an outline
• Do online research and get at least 5 good
references
• Interview an expert
• Write 200 words per day for 5 days
It doesn’t so overwhelming, anymore does it? I only started doing this last year and it helped me be much more productive and efficient and I now do a list for almost anything.
There are great websites and applications to help create to do lists like trello.com (what I use). Moo.do, todoist.com (no it’s –ist not list). The good news is that they are all free and some of them, like Trello, also has a mobile app so you can have your lists on the go. Todist.com even features several languages including Italian, Spanish, French, Japanese and Korean.
2) Take 1 day to plan out per week
Don’t leave anything that you have due to the last
minute. This applies to everything from your daily
course readings to your assignments and
everything in between. Yes, you might get the
assignment done and hand it in, but you will get
really stressed out, hand in barely acceptable
work and not learn anything in the process. Yes
you won’t be penalized if you go into class not
having done the readings, but you will tune out
and get bored if you haven’t read them and can’t
discuss anything in class. If you want to avoid
these situations, make sure to plan ahead.
Take 1 afternoon (I usually do this in the weekend)
to look what you have due for the coming week
and what readings you have and divide the
workload over a few days. This way you will get
everything done, work a little bit everyday
(instead of a 1 day cram session) and still have
most of your weeknights and weekend free to do
whatever you want
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