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		<title>The First Week of MBA Orientation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can only ever be as great as you aspire to be, the big questions are: What do you aspire to be? How do you get there? The MBA journey that I have only recently undertaken has made me think about these 2 questions in great detail and it has already given me a lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MBA Orientation Weekend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was our first official day at the business school, but not our first day of the MBA. That started on Saturday, with a team building weekend that has been affectionately termed &#8220;boot camp&#8221;. Boot Camp Explained The reason for the name boot camp, is that in order to get to know how our groups [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markpretorius.com/2012/01/30/mba-orientation-weekend/</link>
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		<title>Preparation and Growth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Preparation is done, but the growth has just begun In my last 3 weeks leading up to the start of the first year of my 2 year MBA journey, I have found that I have learnt so much more about not only the content covered, but about my true self as well. The main [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markpretorius.com/2012/01/24/preparation-and-growth/</link>
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		<title>Just in Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No, this is not referring to some amazing just in time manufacturing in Japan, but rather the result of the A-bomb that I got this evening. That&#8217;s the assignment bomb! What Happened Being a good nerd, I was doing my pre-course preparation, and was about to get up to go to church, and wham, there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markpretorius.com/2012/01/15/just-in-time/</link>
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		<title>Self Reflection Started Earlier Than Planned</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I know it&#8217;s not Monday, but better late than never. I have a good reason for not posting this yesterday: I planned on having a look at the books that I had fetched for the course and say something about the books and how fun the subjects sound, but to my surprise the is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markpretorius.com/2012/01/10/self-reflection-started-earlier-than-planned/</link>
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		<title>Great by Choice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Great by Choice is Jim Collins&#8217; latest book in which he searches to find what it is that makes some of the top companies great. The main similarity of great companies that Collins identifies in this book are &#8220;10X Leaders&#8221;, and the traits that they consistently portray. Some of the traits that he identifies which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markpretorius.com/2012/01/05/great-by-choice/</link>
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		<title>The Best of Hong Kong and Singapore</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong and Singapore, 2 of the wonderful places that I have had the fortune of visiting in my life. For anyone who is thinking about visiting either of these places, here is a run down of what I thought of them based on our latest trip (December 2011), and what you should consider doing. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markpretorius.com/2012/01/03/the-best-of-hong-kong-and-singapore/</link>
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		<title>Making Our Way Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The end of our trip has finally arrived and we started our 27 hour journey back to Cape Town began 9 hours ago with us booking out of our hotel in Singapore. After a 3 hour flight we know find ourselves in Hong Kong&#8217;s terminals waiting eagerly to board our flight to South Africa which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markpretorius.com/2011/12/31/making-our-way-home/</link>
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		<title>Singapore Part 2: Day 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to say that our final full day in Singapore is up there with the best of them (along with the day that we went to Universal Studios). What Was First? The day started with another trip out to Sentosa Island, but this time instead of spending the day on amazing roller-coaster rides and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markpretorius.com/2011/12/30/singapore-part-2-day-3/</link>
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		<title>Singapore Part 2: Day 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are few things that are better than waking up and making yourself a hot cup of Nespresso coffee in the morning, but that is how this morning stared as there is free Nespresso and a free mini-bar (no jokes). The good morning continued with a buffet breakfast at the hotel restaurant. Their buffet has [...]]]></description>
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