This is a picture of me, not too long ago at the Stanford University campus. My dad attended Stanford for Business school 25 years ago and we went there for his twenty-fifth year reunion. We toured, of course, the business school, the engineering buildings and "The Quad." We also played on the Stanford golf course and went to a football game.
This school has been attended by some of the most famous people on earth including Tiger Woods, Herbert Hoover, John Elway, Anthony Kennedy, Andrew Luck and hundreds more. The business school had recently been rebuilt with all of the funds being donated by Phil Knight, who started a little company called Nike. The funding for two of the engineering buildings had been donated by David Packard and Richard Hewlett who started a computer company out of their garage there, called HP (Hewlett Packard). Another of the buildings had been donated by Mr. William Gates... not sure who he is.
The quad, which is in the distance, past the "S" shaped flower arrangement and the beautiful green grass, is the most famous area on the campus. The quad is an open area surrounded by four buildings, their exteriors made entirely of sandstone and filled with many, many stunning archways, statues and palm trees. It is one of the coolest places I have ever been to.
This is where I want to see myself in two years. Not just because of the exceptional teaching, the amazing facilities, the weather, the scenery or even the reputation. I want to go there because its my goal and I want to wake up every day knowing that I achieved it by working as hard as I could each and every day.
