What If We Studied Less, But Better
I’ll be honest, when I first started prepping for my MBA applications, I fell hard into the hustle trap. Early mornings, late nights, juggling GMAT practice with school research, networking, resume edits, and that constant, creeping guilt that I still wasn’t doing enough. Sounds familiar? Everywhere you look, MBA prep feels like a high-performance sport. Forums are filled with people clocking 40+ hours of studying per week. We then start thinking, “Is this what it takes to get in?” But here’s the thing no one really talks about, we don’t have to out hustle everyone. We just have to out-focus ourself. I call this the anti-hustle approach to MBA prep. It’s not about being lazy. It’s about being intentional, cutting the fluff, ditching the guilt, and doing what actually moves the needle.
