My heart is in International Development

My mind is on money and an MBA

Neither are mutually exclusive.

What I really enjoy doing is strategic planning and consulting.

So get practical. I am feeling so unconfident right now and I need to really act on my instinct. Try it.

You do not want cookies because eating them will not make you feel better in the long run. You need to stop procrastinating because you know that procrastination will bring you the same results which in turn make you feel worse.

You know what you want. You know what you love to do. You once dreamed of being a Senator, a Congressman, a CEO, an Executive Director of a non profit, a management consultant for an international NGO, an international entrepreneur, a leader in your community, a gay rights activist, a human rights attorney, a public interest attorney, an international development practitioner, an FBI agent, a CIA agent. Well....

Okay, here is what I know...I know that after all this time, I have come to realize that I deserve success if I work for success and success means many things to different people. Right now, my life is completely unbalanced. I do not feel confident in what I am doing. I am not confident in what I am doing at all.

I know that with my personality what I would be good at, but that I really need to get out there and just feel my passion and let it go.

One, I want to own an operate my own international NGO. That much I know. I do not expect it to be overly large, but I do expect it to be good. Scratch that. Aim high Willis. Aim high!

Fuck, I do this all the time. I just sit here and make no forward movement. UGH!

Okay

Pros and Cons

MBA

Pro: Gateway to more money probably faster than other degrees.
International focus could mean study abroad opportunities and a plug-in to an international network.

Con: I really just want to be a consultant, then a social entrepreneur.

Management consultant, social entrepreneur, CIA agent, Foreign Service officer, author, international development director/expert, human rights attorney

From this-Social entreprenuer, CIA agent, Foreign Service officer, international development director/expert are non degree specific.

PRIVATE SECTOR DREAM JOB (non-entrepreneurial): Consultant, McKinsey and Company, attend global rotation program

PUBLIC SECTOR DREAM JOB: Foreign Service Officer 2) High level executive with USAID

NON PROFIT DREAM JOB: Founder and CEO of my own non profit/for profit social enterprise based in Cambodia.

What is your plan?

1) Study for and take the Foreign Service exam during your last semester of graduate school.
2) Get back to studying Chinese, take another class, find a program that allows you to take language lessons. Take language lessons in graduate school.
3) Study Spanish



So what is the plan" Apply to the Foreign Service in the last semester of your graduate program

-Graduate from graduate school

Attend graduate school, get a great international development focused internship, study Chinese and Spanish, study abroad



Things to consider-The Peace Corps is going nowhere, you can always join the Peace Corps in a few more years.

Job:

Foreign Service officer is the ideal job for me because it combines my interest in international affairs, development and relations with prestige, service financial security and

What are you passionate about? Foreign Service/International Development/International Entrepreneurship

What are you good at?

YOU WILL NOT BE GOOD AT ANYTHING IF YOU ARE NOT PASSIONATE ABOUT IT!

Eventually what do you want do do: Consult international development