{"id":1057,"date":"2022-08-04T11:34:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T06:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.isb.edu\/admissionsdirector\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2025-12-31T09:15:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T09:15:47","slug":"10-days-into-isb-and-ive-already-learned-two-major-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.isb.edu\/admissionsdirector\/2022\/08\/04\/10-days-into-isb-and-ive-already-learned-two-major-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"10 days into ISB and I\u2019ve already learned two major lessons."},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li class=\"x_xmsonormal\">\u201cNo learning ever goes to waste\u201d is something my mother always told me, when I would ask her why I needed to study certain subjects, that, I was sure, I would never need in the future.4 presentations, 1 case comp and 2 app mock-ups later I can\u2019t believe how much this phrase of hers is reverberating in my mind. The design skills honed while working in public relations roles at Toastmasters have been put to more use than I ever imagined &#8211; no learning ever goes to waste!<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_xmsonormal\">Embracing the unknown &#8211; The last ten days, I tried participating in events that were way out of my comfort zone, made new friends, and started getting comfortable with being literally \u201con my toes\u201d(thanks Co22!)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em><br \/>\nAuthor: Ruchira Singh- PGP Co\u201923<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNo learning ever goes to waste\u201d is something my mother always told me, when I would ask her why I needed to study certain subjects, that, I was sure, I would never need in the future.4 presentations, 1 case comp and 2 app mock-ups later I can\u2019t believe how much this phrase of hers is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false},"categories":[4,9,17,22],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.5 - 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