Harvard Business School Prof. Malhotra's Speech to MBAs: "Quit Early and Quit Often"
Professor Deepak Malhotra is pretty much the best instructor at the Harvard Business School. He is the winner of numerous teaching awards, his Negotiations Class was over 10x oversubscribed (600+ students applying for 60 spots) this year, and his student reviews are downright flawless.
This is Prof. Malhotra's address to the MBA Class of 2012. While it's almost an hour long, it is a speech well worth watching. I hope you guys enjoy it.
Mod (Andy) note: Do you feel this mantra "Quit Early, Quit Often" only applies to HBS grads? Or can everyone adapt this into his/her career & life?
Did you get to take his class?
Can't find a damn thing about this guy online. Any idea of his undergrad/ grad school, where he worked before writing I moved your cheese?
cut and pasted from his bio :
"He attended the University of Michigan as an undergraduate, graduating with high honors and highest distinction in Economics. Deepak completed his Ph.D. in Management and Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management in 2002."
Great post. It started off a little slow, but I am glad I watched it,
It made me realize that I don't really care about all the meaningless tasks , long hours and other shit you have to put up with as an analyst. Thinking about that environment STILL makes me want to "quit" what I am doing now.
The man also does kung fu--good man. whah tahhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for posting this, I hope many people get to watch it and enjoy it as much as I did!
shot in the dark but wrote him to see if he'd like to be a contributing author for wso... you never know
he mentions Northwestern for grad school, if I caught it right he stayed there just switched his focus?
Wow, it seems like HBS is filled with Indian/Indian-American professors. Just look at the faculty list.
We're #1 :p
So? Is that a problem for you?
Yea we rock!
Yeaahhh...and two of us are in the top spots at major BB (Citi and DB...Pandit and more recently.... Jain, respectively).
Is this a surprise to you?
also rajat gupta and raj rajaratnam. you guys are really going to outdo boesky, milken and madoff in building a reputation for playing the angles.
Excellent video! This guy must have a trophy wife
great video
Has anyone read his book, Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond?
And does anyone have or know where to get a pdf copy of it on the web? I tried looking but couldn't find it.
Thanks.
His book is the core of the Negotiations curriculum at HBS, so I have a copy by virtue of taking the class. I thought it was really good, but I guess I'm biased. You can get it for $11 on Amazon if you want - http://www.amazon.com/Negotiation-Genius-Obstacles-Brilliant-Bargaining…
His book is the core of the Negotiations curriculum at HBS, so I have a copy by virtue of taking the class. I thought it was really good, but I guess I'm biased. You can get it for $11 on Amazon if you want - http://www.amazon.com/Negotiation-Genius-Obstacles-Brilliant-Bargaining…]
I see that professor Malhotra is a staff member at the Harvard Negotiation Project. I read the book "Getting to Yes" and "Getting past No" by Roger Fisher and William Ury which I thought are excellent. I also read Bargaining for Advantage by G. Richard Shell of Wharton, which touches on the same themes of productive negotiation, understanding counterpart motivation, finding common grounds (the golden bridge of understanding), seeing the negotiation as a problem-solving exercise where you work together with your counterpart and using objective standards rather than haggling for the sake of haggling.
I bet Malhotra, Fisher and Ury all know each other well and work together regularly on these issues.
So does Professor Malhotra's book develop the same framework and methodology for negotiation as Fisher &Ury? Is there something in his book that is not missing from Fisher &Ury's books?
speech wasn't that great, you guys watch anything outside of the Harvardsphere? Here, real and actual philosophy, not some trite statements replayed every year to fall on deaf ears.
I really enjoyed the speech and appreciated his insight. He definitely gives a tough charge, one that isn't easy for most of us to follow.
Great speech. His advice on quitting really resonated with me.
conan's graduation speech at Dartmouth is also worth the watch in a completely different way... guy is fukin hilarious
Great great speach. Thanks for sharing.
this is what brady faps to
Great video. Thanks a lot for sharing
Thanks for sharing.
Great speech. The create value part was inspiring and I would be curious to know how many of these MBA students will create a company.
When do the Chinese get to take over?
Got bored after 15 mins. Are you guys putting him on a pedestal coz he's from harvard?
I got bored after 5 mins.
Thanks for sharing. Always a breath of fresh air when you hear someone actually praising the idea of quitting
I think that it needs to be emphasized that he is talking to HBS students who have very few ramifications to quitting relative to others. If he was talking to a bunch of GED graduates I doubt he'd say that they should spend a decade quitting various jobs. I think the advice is good for this very small audience but more broadly it doesnt always apply...
Of course, each talk of this variety applies to the audience in front of them at the time, I doubt it was meant to apply universally so a bit irrelevant to mention the fact.
Good (pep) talk, but his suit was too distracting. He should get something that fits better and have his suits altered to fit properly at least.
haha i thought the same thing....horrible suit and the shirt was even worse. I may sound like a prick but its hard to take advice from a dude wearing a black and gray striped shirt...
I agree. But I've never seen a professor with a tailored suit or a suit altered to fit properly. Always find this or the more casual professor look.
I once had a female marketing professor who wore 80s style powersuits probably left over from her ad agency days. she would routinely write on the board and then stand with her hand on her hips so by the end of class there would be chalk marks all over the suit. take note, khaki/tweed is practical and not just worn for the look.
I wonder how his salary negotiations and negotiations with his publishers usually go.
if you are going to socialize the achievements of your tribe, you have to take responsibility for their embarassments and shortcomings too. i insist upon it. particularly whenever some pikey idiot starts spouting off about how awesome race X is because he is a member of race X.
Agree. No one is denying the shortcomings. However, generalisations are unnecessary. 'Shitholes' is a subjective term, as is any opinion. Subsequently, it can be applied to any number of places.
And in no way was I championing any achievement of a 'tribe'. I object to the derogatory manner in which two terrific and flawed countries were depicted.
touche.
Wow, this convo went south quickly.
Back to the speech, I thought it was great, if not a tad long. Also, how many have followed the quitting route? I recently quit my job.
Funny how he says that MBA graduates are good at creating value yet he must know full well most of the greedy spoiled shits in the audience will go into finance and create zero value apart from earning a large paycheck.
Figures
ahh... here we go again with this "adding no value" argument.
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