Updated April 2026 Self-care gets a bad reputation in high-achievement contexts. It sounds soft. It sounds like something you do when the real work is done. It sounds, to many MBA candidates in the thick of application season, like a luxury they can't afford. It isn't. And the argument for it isn't primarily about your well-being – it's also about the quality of what you produce. The MBA application process asks something specific of you that most professional work doesn'
