Wednesday, October 22, 2003

YOU'VE BEEN AN MBA FOR TOO LONG WHEN...

1. You ask the waiter what the restaurant's core competencies are.

2. You decide to re-org your family into a "team-based organization."

3. You refer to dating as test marketing.

4. You can spell "paradigm."

5. You actually know what a paradigm is.

6. You understand your airline's fare structure.

7. You write executive summaries on your love letters.

8. Your Valentine's Day cards have bullet points.

9. You think that it's actually efficient to write a ten page presentation with six other people you don't know.

10. You celebrate your wedding anniversary by conducting a performance review.

11. You believe you never have any problems in your life, just "issues" and "improvement opportunities".

12. You end every argument by saying "let's talk about this off-line".

13. You can explain to somebody the difference between re-engineering, down-sizing, right-sizing, and firing peoples asses.

14. You actually believe your explanation in number

15. You talk to the waiter about process flow when dinner arrives late.

16. You start to feel sorry for Dilbert's boss.

17. You account for your tuition as a capital expenditure instead of an expense.

18. You insist that you do some more market research before your spouse produces another child.

19. At your last family reunion, you wanted to have an emergency meeting about their brand equity.

20. Your "deliverable" for Sunday evening is clean laundry and paid bills.

21. You use the term "value-added" without falling down laughing.

22. You ask the car salesman if the car comes with a whiteboard and Internet connection.

23. You give constructive feedback to your dog.

24. You give your girlfriend a golden handshake on the way out !

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