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How to turn your Personal Struggle into your Superpower
“5 years and I barely know you”…. ….” Why don’t you ever share anything?”……”I don’t know how to get you to talk”…..”Asking for help is okay!” This is an excerpt from an MBA client's essay, who closed himself off for years from people (even his own direct family) because he saw, as a kid, how badly his father’s family treated his father when his business was struggling. Everyone struggles; some people might not show it, and a lot of clients think that they are struggles a
Amrit Hassaram
Jul 86 min read
MBA applications don’t break you. The pressure you put on yourself does.
When I first applied back in 2006, I did what many applicants do: I stared at my essays for hours, trying to make them sound perfect. The...
Amrit Hassaram
Sep 22, 20252 min read
When the Dream Job Slips Away: How to Pick Yourself Back Up
Six months. Forty interviews.The hardest rejection is the one that comes after hope. One of my final ones was with a top FAANG company...
Amrit Hassaram
Sep 16, 20252 min read
How to approach the Why School Essay?
Most MBA applicants copy course names in their “Why school” essay. That’s why it fails. Here’s how to write one that actually works: ...
Amrit Hassaram
Aug 18, 20252 min read
Amrit's 25 Random Things
(Answered chronologically) I have lived in 8 countries for more than 6 months consecutively, spanning four continents - You could say I...
Amrit Hassaram
Jul 14, 20253 min read
The Order I Work In - And Why It Works (Aka “How I Turn Chaos Into MBAs”)
An MBA isn’t just about career transformation—it’s about personal growth. And for me, that growth came at a cost: pain, anxiety, loss,...
Amrit Hassaram
Jun 19, 20253 min read
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