IE MBA Application Express yourself: Question I

Show us an activity you enjoy doing. Tell us how you think it contributes to your personal and professional development.

Personal growth

Out of comfort

zone

Cultural exposition

Photography is a way of feeling, of

touching, of loving. What you have

caught on film is captured forever... it

remembers little things, long after you

have forgotten everything.

― Aaron Siskind

Ohrid Lake

Macedonia Travel & Photography gives me new

perspective, of the moment that translates

into visual thinking.

© 2013 Francisco Chaparro Photography

Rock climbing is a sport that

unite people, so team oriented

is always a must.

Focus and endurance are a

common equation in this sport

Traveling to a remote area

enhances your self-awareness


Montserrat

Spain

Armeña unit

As a Geologist, I need to travel to

different locations to study and

understand diverse processes.

Photo taken in the Pyrenees, Spain

during my Graduate Geology

Program, used as an international

analogue for the exploration of oil

fields in deep water such as the

Gulf of Mexico, offshore Angola,

and others.

Encourages love for nature and the understanding of the delicate

equilibrium of our mother earth.

Facilitates companionship with a combination of nature gives another

edge, or taste, to respect of every person peculiarities and values. In

simple terms Humbleness is enriched.

Boosts creativity because it deals with evidence from millions years

ago; Geologist have to connect this evidence to create a model.


Travel can take you to places that

you never thought possible to

reach.

Riutort Mine, Spain

These are examples of the “source

rock” of oil. Therefore, notion of

natural phenomena can lead to a

better understanding that will help

in my professional career. © 2013 Francisco Chaparro Photography


Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”

― Plato

“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”

― Ernest Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway: A Literary Reference

Travel gives you perspective, to understand worldwide conflicts and create a

consciousness of its consequences.


http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/879.Plato

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1455.Ernest_Hemingway

http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/75258

Belgrade, Serbia

Travel gives perception, even in

street art appreciation.

In this representation we can

understand that extreme

development could affect our

natural habitat with the over

exploitation of our renewable

resources; In essence is imperative

to convey in sustainable

development to advance as a

society


Inspiration is everywhere,

it’s a mechanism to

achieve our dreams. Museum of Nikola Tesla

Belgrade, Serbia

Tesla Coil

Museum of Nikola Tesla

Belgrade, Serbia

“Invention is the most

important product of man's

creative brain. The ultimate

purpose is the complete

mastery of mind over the

material world, the

harnessing of human nature

to human needs.”

― Nikola Tesla, My

Inventions

© 2013 Francisco Chaparro Photography © 2013 Francisco Chaparro Photography

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/278.Nikola_Tesla



Business ideas are everywhere.

I am still looking for the combination, or

one idea, that can lead to a successful

venture.

Tables with Recycled Material

Budapest, Hungary

Hot Food Machine

Amsterdam, Netherlands



Jimador

Tequila, Mexico

Artisan

Tlaquepaque, Mexico

I always have Respect for all people, no matter their background.

If you want to see the true measure of a man,

watch how he treats his inferiors, not his

equals.

J. K. Rowling



India Chichimeca

Aguascalientes, Mexico

Mosaic Mask of

Tezcatlipoca Mixtec/Aztec

British Museum

London, England

Mexican Independence Celebration

Barcelona, Spain

“No self is of itself alone. It has a long chain of

intellectual ancestors. The "I" is chained to

ancestry by many factors… This is not mere

allegory, but an eternal memory.”

― Erwin Schrödinger

I Learn to never forget my origins,

wherever I’ve been, and wherever

I go.



© 2015 Francisco Chaparro

Photography

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/189820.Erwin_Schr_dinger

Best Friend’s Wedding

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Making Friends

Zaragoza, Spain

Tour Friends

Tirana, Albania

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to

explain. It's not something you learn in school. But

if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship,

you really haven't learned anything.”

― Muhammad Ali

I learn to always make friends in all parts

of the world, create a network of friends

you never know when an advise is

needed. In the same way, never forget

your true friends and Family.


http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/46261.Muhammad_Ali

Luxury Hotel

Zurich, Switzerland

W Hotel

Barcelona, Spain

“Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury…to me these have

always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming

manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the

mind.” Albert Einstein

Materialism vs. Experience At this point in my life, I have learned that is

more important to live and experience things that will remain in my soul

forever.

© 2013 Francisco Chaparro Photography © 2013 Francisco Chaparro Photography

“When health is absent, wisdom cannot

reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength

cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and

intelligence cannot be applied.”

― Herophilus

Restaurants

Brasov, Romania

Frogs

Split, Croatia

“To keep the body in good health is a

duty... otherwise we shall not be able

to keep our mind strong and clear.”

― Buddha

I have learned to eat healthy. It pays in the long term, to have a

life equilibrium.

Eating new kinds of food is connected with the excitement of

trying new things.



http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2564829.Herophilus

VW Beetle

Aguascalientes, Mexico

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is

limited. Imagination encircles the world.”

― Albert Einstein

I have learned not to have limits in our inventions or thinking,

no limits can enrich life that translates into a perpetual

exhilarant experience


http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9810.Albert_Einstein

Sotano de las Golondrinas, 367 m

with Eiffel Tower inlay, 324 m

near Aquisimon, San Luis Potosi,

Mexico

“I have found adventure in flying, in world

travel, in business, and even close at hand…

Adventure is a state of mind – and spirit.”

-Jacqueline Cochran

I have learned to travel in adventure

mode, creating a risk predilection to

overcome fears, creating problem-solving

strategies.


"A sense of humor is part of the

art of leadership, of getting

along with people, of getting

things done"

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

No matter where I am.. I learn to always have sense of humor

Education

IE MBA Application Express yourself: Question I