Comments on: Why 3% of Harvard MBAs Make Ten Times as Much as the Other 97% Combined http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/why-3-of-harvard-mbas-make-ten-times-as-much-as-the-other-97-combined Analysis Driven Personal Development Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:18:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sid Savara http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/why-3-of-harvard-mbas-make-ten-times-as-much-as-the-other-97-combined/comment-page-1#comment-4058 Sid Savara Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:36:22 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=86#comment-4058 Hi Fred,<br><br>Thanks for your comment! I am glad you enjoy this site - please feel free<br>to link to any of the articles you find useful =) Hi Fred,

Thanks for your comment! I am glad you enjoy this site – please feel free
to link to any of the articles you find useful =)

]]> By: Sid Savara http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/why-3-of-harvard-mbas-make-ten-times-as-much-as-the-other-97-combined/comment-page-1#comment-3369 Sid Savara Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:36:22 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=86#comment-3369 Hi Fred,<br><br>Thanks for your comment! I am glad you enjoy this site - please feel free<br>to link to any of the articles you find useful =) Hi Fred,

Thanks for your comment! I am glad you enjoy this site – please feel free
to link to any of the articles you find useful =)

]]> By: Effective Goal Setting: Crash Course | IT Rogers - Starting a Business Tips for Entrepreneurs http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/why-3-of-harvard-mbas-make-ten-times-as-much-as-the-other-97-combined/comment-page-1#comment-3358 Effective Goal Setting: Crash Course | IT Rogers - Starting a Business Tips for Entrepreneurs Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:36:51 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=86#comment-3358 [...] makes desired outcomes more clear, increasing success rate of accomplishment. Need proof? See a study of why writing down clear goals results in a higher rate of [...] [...] makes desired outcomes more clear, increasing success rate of accomplishment. Need proof? See a study of why writing down clear goals results in a higher rate of [...]

]]> By: Fred Tarantino http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/why-3-of-harvard-mbas-make-ten-times-as-much-as-the-other-97-combined/comment-page-1#comment-3053 Fred Tarantino Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:36:40 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=86#comment-3053 Sid, can I post a link up to this article on my website; <a href="http://www.niceadays.com" rel="nofollow">www.niceadays.com</a> ??<br>It was just launced a few days ago and this is some great information Sid, can I post a link up to this article on my website; http://www.niceadays.com ??
It was just launced a few days ago and this is some great information

]]> By: Dave B http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/why-3-of-harvard-mbas-make-ten-times-as-much-as-the-other-97-combined/comment-page-1#comment-1738 Dave B Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:59:41 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=86#comment-1738 I am in sales, and have constant contact with executive officers, and have discovered that Harvard MBAs are worth virtually nothing more than an aggressive, ambitious public school college graduate. I am in sales, and have constant contact with executive officers, and have discovered that Harvard MBAs are worth virtually nothing more than an aggressive, ambitious public school college graduate.

]]> By: GetAds, Blog http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/why-3-of-harvard-mbas-make-ten-times-as-much-as-the-other-97-combined/comment-page-1#comment-401 GetAds, Blog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:45:03 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=86#comment-401 <strong>Goals......</strong> There are all types of goals.  I will spare the description of them all and just list some below.  I am sure most people have heard the tall tale, of “Why 3% of Harvard MBAs Make Ten Times as Much as the other 97% combined”, and the amazing answe... Goals……

There are all types of goals.  I will spare the description of them all and just list some below.  I am sure most people have heard the tall tale, of “Why 3% of Harvard MBAs Make Ten Times as Much as the other 97% combined”, and the amazing answe…

]]> By: Sid Savara http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/why-3-of-harvard-mbas-make-ten-times-as-much-as-the-other-97-combined/comment-page-1#comment-341 Sid Savara Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:08:18 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=86#comment-341 Thanks for your comments Jim!<br><br>I agree that writing down goals is essential - I had referenced this study<br>in an earlier post, to make that exact point, and a reader called me out on<br>it. I felt it was only right to clear their air.<br><br>I have not seen Shawn Achor speak, but I will Google to see if I can find<br>one of his presentations - I have heard about the class he teaches at<br>Harvard a few times in various articles. That premise (having the freedom<br>to pursue the things that interest us most) sounds very Tim Ferris-ish to me<br>as well =) Thanks for your comments Jim!

I agree that writing down goals is essential – I had referenced this study
in an earlier post, to make that exact point, and a reader called me out on
it. I felt it was only right to clear their air.

I have not seen Shawn Achor speak, but I will Google to see if I can find
one of his presentations – I have heard about the class he teaches at
Harvard a few times in various articles. That premise (having the freedom
to pursue the things that interest us most) sounds very Tim Ferris-ish to me
as well =)

]]> By: Jim Littlefield http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/why-3-of-harvard-mbas-make-ten-times-as-much-as-the-other-97-combined/comment-page-1#comment-337 Jim Littlefield Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:31:17 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=86#comment-337 Sid, Thanks for sharing the results of your research. I am not familiar with references to the study but still believe writing goals down is essential to achieving them. It's not the act of writing them down that creates the result; it's having a reference point and defining just what it is you want to achieve. Otherwise we get distracted by other things and loose track of the original goal.<br><br>I've just found your site today via a twitter search as I was listening to an audio book of "The Secret". So perhaps it was a "Law of Attraction" thing? :-) Anyway, I look forward to reading more of your posts.<br><br>What prompted me to leave a comment however was the reference to Harvard graduate. Have you heard Shawn Achor speak. He was the keynote speaker at a conference I attended earlier this year in Rome of all places. You may have heard about his class at Harvard about happiness. His insights were fascinating. His talk wasn't so much about goals but how to achieve happiness in life; Happiness is the ultimate goal we all want to achieve Harvard grad or not.<br><br>The core of his presentation was finding happiness is having the freedom to pursue the things that interest us most. It is a deceptively simple idea that evades most of the population, perhaps 97% of us! Sid, Thanks for sharing the results of your research. I am not familiar with references to the study but still believe writing goals down is essential to achieving them. It's not the act of writing them down that creates the result; it's having a reference point and defining just what it is you want to achieve. Otherwise we get distracted by other things and loose track of the original goal.

I've just found your site today via a twitter search as I was listening to an audio book of “The Secret”. So perhaps it was a “Law of Attraction” thing? :-) Anyway, I look forward to reading more of your posts.

What prompted me to leave a comment however was the reference to Harvard graduate. Have you heard Shawn Achor speak. He was the keynote speaker at a conference I attended earlier this year in Rome of all places. You may have heard about his class at Harvard about happiness. His insights were fascinating. His talk wasn't so much about goals but how to achieve happiness in life; Happiness is the ultimate goal we all want to achieve Harvard grad or not.

The core of his presentation was finding happiness is having the freedom to pursue the things that interest us most. It is a deceptively simple idea that evades most of the population, perhaps 97% of us!

]]> By: SidSavara http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/why-3-of-harvard-mbas-make-ten-times-as-much-as-the-other-97-combined/comment-page-1#comment-237 SidSavara Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:48:10 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=86#comment-237 Hi Robert, I appreciate you taking the time to give such a complete <br>perspective and comment. I agree that setting goals is worthwhile - I <br>myself try to write down short term as well as long range goals. However, I <br>have had a hard time finding proof that the Harvard goal study existed. <br>There's a happy ending however - in my research, I came upon a written goals <br>study done recently, and I have provided that PDF and results.<br><br>I am glad to hear you have spent time improving yourself - and have <br>succeeded in earning more, and being happier as a result =) Hi Robert, I appreciate you taking the time to give such a complete
perspective and comment. I agree that setting goals is worthwhile – I
myself try to write down short term as well as long range goals. However, I
have had a hard time finding proof that the Harvard goal study existed.
There's a happy ending however – in my research, I came upon a written goals
study done recently, and I have provided that PDF and results.

I am glad to hear you have spent time improving yourself – and have
succeeded in earning more, and being happier as a result =)

]]> By: Robert Jackson http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/why-3-of-harvard-mbas-make-ten-times-as-much-as-the-other-97-combined/comment-page-1#comment-235 Robert Jackson Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:47:59 +0000 http://sidsavara.com/?p=86#comment-235 It makes me sick that so many people want to prove this goals study didn't exist. It's like they're implying that we shouldn't set goals and we shouldn't do what the success gurus teach us. It makes me sick that so many people just want to be negative and cynical and to trash success gurus. I despise negative people who just love to trash everything. I've spent a lot of time studying the teachings of success gurus and it has helped me a lot. I make several times more money than I used to and I'm a lot happier. I also don't work for other people anymore, which I hated to do and which was very detrimental to me. I only work for myself and I also have a lot of passive income now. What is the alternative to setting goals? Being an aimless loser. It makes me sick that so many people want to prove this goals study didn't exist. It's like they're implying that we shouldn't set goals and we shouldn't do what the success gurus teach us. It makes me sick that so many people just want to be negative and cynical and to trash success gurus. I despise negative people who just love to trash everything. I've spent a lot of time studying the teachings of success gurus and it has helped me a lot. I make several times more money than I used to and I'm a lot happier. I also don't work for other people anymore, which I hated to do and which was very detrimental to me. I only work for myself and I also have a lot of passive income now. What is the alternative to setting goals? Being an aimless loser.

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