I&#8217;ve decided to transition to Schulich&#8217;s full time MBA program starting January 2014 in order to maximize the learning experience and potential of this amazing opportunity. This has been by far the hardest decision I&#8217;ve had to make because I had to choose between two things that are extremely important to me and that I absolutely love. I went back and forth on this for months and months and couldn&#8217;t have been more indecisive about it &#8211; Chris was losing all patience. But after 65  <span><a href="http://www.charleneprecious.com/blog/full-time-mba-here-i-come-december-12-2013/" class="readmore">Continue reading &rarr;</a></span>{"id":14365,"date":"2013-12-12T21:28:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T02:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/charleneprecious.com\/blog\/?p=14365"},"modified":"2013-12-12T21:28:26","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T02:28:26","slug":"full-time-mba-here-i-come-december-12-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.charleneprecious.com\/blog\/full-time-mba-here-i-come-december-12-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Full time MBA, here I come!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve decided to transition to Schulich&#8217;s full time MBA program starting January 2014 in order to maximize the learning experience and potential of this amazing opportunity. This has been by far the hardest decision I&#8217;ve had to make because I had to choose between two things that are extremely important to me and that I absolutely love. I went back and forth on this for months and months and couldn&#8217;t have been more indecisive about it &#8211; Chris was losing all patience. But after 65 conversations, several versions of our five-year plan, multiple pros and cons charts, and simply more thinking than you can imagine, school weighed in a bit stronger. Ultimately, I want to give either my work or my continuing education 120% of my time, energy, and efforts. 120% in each of these two places is humanly impossible and something will end up giving and that just won&#8217;t fly with me, so school is going to take precedent for now! You reap what you sow with everything you do. If you put in 80%, you&#8217;ll get 80% in results. If you put in 120%, you&#8217;ll get 120% in results. <\/p>\n<p>Truly, it is with the most bittersweet emotions that I part with Canon. The last 3.5 years at the company have been years that I cherish. They were packed with learning, growing, building relationships, and making lifelong friends. The company has been nothing but good to me and for that I am grateful. The photo below is the team that I joined at the beginning of this year and is also the last team I will work with at Canon. We had our holiday dinner this evening. They are amazing and I will miss them so much.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some blog posts to prove how much I LOVED my journey at Canon. There are definitely a whole lot more posts about my work life but these were the ones that came to mind first so I dug for them.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/charleneprecious.com\/blog\/?p=4985\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a> I raved about how memorable my business trip to Montreal was.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/charleneprecious.com\/blog\/?p=4953\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a> I raved about how my business trip to Calgary was the best trip ever.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/charleneprecious.com\/blog\/?p=3922\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a> I raved about the awesome people I&#8217;ve met at work.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/charleneprecious.com\/blog\/?p=13474\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a> I captured PROM at the ROM with two of my favourite Canon girls.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/charleneprecious.com\/blog\/?p=9254\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a> I captured the fun my former team had with Movember.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/charleneprecious.com\/blog\/?p=6015\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a> I captured my Easter Seals Telethon experience.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/charleneprecious.com\/blog\/?p=6516\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a> I captured my portfolio feature in the myCanon publication.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/charleneprecious.com\/blog\/?p=12558\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a> I captured the Canon Experience Centre in Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>Last but CERTAINLY not least, Canon is where I found my soon-to-be husband. Need I say more? :) My last day is December 31st and then I am officially a full time student until December 2014. Life is getting more exciting by the minute and the world has never felt more like my oyster.<\/p>\n<p>Just to loop back on the Finance exam, I wrote it last night. It was difficult as hell but I managed and am confident that I did well enough to finish the course with a strong mark. Hard work never fails. I am a free bird for about 2.5 weeks and can&#8217;t wait to get into the holiday spirit and get back into some more wedding planning!<\/p>\n<p>Have a wonderful night. 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