Learning a new course is like learning a new language - an EMBA story with Dircki Taljaard

About this episode

Dircki Taljaard shares his experiences and insights from the Executive MBA program, focusing on the transformative Life Journey course.

For Dircki Taljaard (EMBA '26), one of the most challenging - and rewarding - parts of the Executive MBA has been the Life Journey course. It’s given him space to reflect, grow, and approach his work with a new perspective. "And of course, I’m also building the hard skills - like accounting and business - which are priceless. You learn the language by doing the course.” Listen to the full interview to hear more about Dircki’s journey, insights, and advice!

People in this episode

Guest: Dircki Taljaard

Topics covered

• Executive MBA
• Life Journey course
• personal growth
• hard skills
• accounting
• business

Keywords

• learning
• new perspective
• skills development

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Executive MBA, Life Journey course

Books & works: EMBA

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