Bearing The Harvard Name

Saying goes, "The further away you go from Harvard (as a Harvard grad), the better it is for you."

Well, here I am, all the way across the world, in the far far east... and boy am I paying a steep price for it. There's sky rocketing expectations here for being from Harvard, it's by far the biggest brand tag to be bearing. And today was living proof, that some times (or most of the times), I just can't live up to it.

Despite being a complete junior in the field, I was given the huge responsibility of submitting a complete RFP, (Request For Proposal)for a large scale project near New Delhi. And failed I did, over and over again. I had never done a complete RFP submission and definitely was not ready to take on full responsibility for one. However, when put to the test, I did not respond well and failed to use my common sense to pick up after written mistakes and to respond to the client's requests.

I guess that the best way to overcome the Harvard name is to lower expectations by not performing up to its standard. At least I know where I stand or at least they do now...

Live and learn.