W.B. Yeats is one of Irelands most famous poets. He was the first Irishman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Not bad going.

He is eminently quotable, but I read this the other day and it struck a chord.

"We are happy when for everything inside us there is a corresponding something outside us."

I liked it because it describes how I feel working with groups in the altMBA. I have enjoyed working in my groups SO much the last month, they have become my favourite part of the process, for the simple reason that its great to know that I'm not alone.

The prompts are always challenging, even if they don't appear to be at first. Being able to discuss them and pick them apart up front with the team is an amazing way to understand a problem. Different viewpoints and helpful suggestions, tempered with a balanced dynamic of shared understanding is the perfect way to encourage us all to level-up, to push ourselves and each other.

I would not be able to do this on my own.

To Yeats' quote, by the end of the project, when I am posting my work, having done my best, I know in that moment that we are all in this together. Not just the 4/5 people I spoke to that night, but all 100 of us. We might all think differently, and come at it from different angles, but we are all in the same boat, a boat with 'altMBA' written on the side. In that moment, whats inside me is also outside me, shared with the group. That makes things easier for us all, and that makes me happy.

I wont be able to thank my teams enough for everything that have given me in this time, but I'm hoping W.B. Yeats can do it for me.