Duke Global Executive MBA Student Blog

When life is pulling us in many different directions, it’s easy to get distracted by the many things on our to-do list.

As I embarked on my MBA journey, I found myself grappling with a whirlwind of emotions: stress, doubt, fear, and uncertainty.

As I reflect on our journey, we recognize that our hearts for humanity transformed a mere academic pursuit into a powerful force for positive transformation.

Between school, work, and personal obligations, staying focused and positive in an executive MBA program is a challenge, but it’s not impossible if you have the right mindset.

After three weeks of classes and pre-residency preparation, my Global Executive MBA classmates and I descended on the vibrant city of Bangkok, Thailand.

For most of my life, I chose to accept my mixed heritage, but I never really felt I had a cultural identity to fully embrace.

Muay Thai has helped me connect to my Southeast Asian roots I had a hard time identifying with before.

An integral part of my time at Fuqua has been interacting and spending several weeks with people from backgrounds and cultures I’d never met before.

Our residencies include class time, teamwork time, and excursions to different parts of the city—so the days are fun but jam-packed.