I decided to pursue a career in advertising because you get to use both sides of your brain: the creative side (for idea generation), and the rational side (for strategic application). I’m a practicing Creative Director, but it’s the suits, the ones with the MBA’s that get to claw their way up to CEO.
For a few years now, I’ve been toying with the idea of getting an MBA in my spare time: taking night courses or perhaps joining an online university. But an MBA don’t come fast or cheap.
I’ve already picked up Statistics for Dummies, but here are 30+ more books and blogs that the bald Josh Kaufman recommends through what he calls his “Personal MBA” Program. I have about 10% of these books already, and access to one of North America’s biggest interconnected library systems. I’ll let you know when I get my ‘degree’.
Link to The Personal MBA™
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Best of luck with the “degree”… I’m doing mine this summer. Outside of the personal growth and development, I don’t know very many employers who wouldn’t be at least intrigued by a “Personal Study” entry in the education section of a resume… maybe enough so to land an interview.
Glad you liked the list… let me know how it goes!