By this March, I would have spent 2 years working towards joining a college and getting a MBA degree. In these 2 years, I have had innumerable people asking me a particular question. Many times, I have posed this question to myself. While i have been warding off this question with a different answer each time, i have not been able to shake off the feeling that not a single answer is accurate in nature. All of them seem to be arrows shot into the night with a hope that they hit the target ( which obviously did not happen). At the same time, another feeling stood strong. The feeling that the path taken is correct though the answer might not be known.   The Question in discussion is “Why a MBA ? how will it help you?”.

For any MBA aspirant to give a convincing answer to this question, he/she needs to decide one thing. What is their end goal in life? It could be anything right from lazing out in the sun to scaling new challenges in their respective fields. There is no need to justify this goal to anybody (other than to you). This is your life and you have every right to have your own goal even if it seems silly/improbable to every one else in the world. After all, you do get to lead your life only once. Atleast have the satisfaction of pursuing your life dreams if not the joy of attaining it. This said, my life goal is very simple.To spend my time in pursuits that my mind and heart consider worthy. Life offers a variety of oppurtunities and challenges to every person. It also offers a time tested path of leading a life. People often choose this time tested path for a variety of reasons. As a result, they end up compromising on what they actually want from life. I wish to be different and want to take up the challenges even if there are higher chances of failure. While taking up challenges is fine, it also needs to be ensured that there is a constant influx of money to lead a comfortable life. Entrepreneurship is one such area that satisfies both needs. It offers challenges and a constant influx of money (if successful). On the down side, entrepreneurship can prove to be very risky. While success will land you on the top, failure has the capacity to leave you on the streets (quite literally) and your life in shambles. As a result, venturing into business requires a lot of planning (for both success and failure). A MBA provides you with most of the information and some support required for a start up venture. Further more, the MBA degree also acts as a cushion that can support in case of a failed venture. And this is the primary reason for trying to pursue a MBA.