When applying to INSEAD, the piece of advice I received most was "be yourself". It took me months to fully understand the meaning of it, but I am now convinced that it is the best possible guidance for INSEAD applicants. What does it mean to "be yourself"? How could I possibly be somebody else? I was looking incredulously at the alumni telling me this piece of advice and I had no idea what to do with it. Hearing it over and over again, in one form or another, I knew that there must have been something to it, but I could not figure out what.

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Hi everyone! My name is Julian and in the next 10 months I will try to give you the best possible and unfiltered view on "my real life" at INSEAD. To start and to be frankly honest, I am a bit scared. A bit scared about my next step in life and my career. A bit scared about opening up to the world in this blog. A bit scared to "compare" myself with the amazing group of people that make up INSEAD.

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Hi World!!! This is my first opportunity as a blogger and I must say I am rather curious about the route this is going to take. I basically started this as I feel INSEAD is such a great experience that I want to try to express it in a different way than I am used to, also embracing my new life of challenges and new experiences.

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