{"id":30366,"date":"2023-07-05T09:39:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T08:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/?p=30366"},"modified":"2026-05-06T17:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:13:17","slug":"stories-from-san-francisco-part-one-mar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/stories-from-san-francisco-part-one-mar\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories From San Francisco Part One: Mar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When our students talk\u2014they always have important things to say. Bursting with wisdom and knowledge that speaks directly to your soul, sometimes it&#8217;s best to sit back and listen. That was the case with the marvelous Mar\u2014Mariamawit Tirfe\u2014a master&#8217;s student at Hult San Francisco. We caught up with her between classes and she imparted some wisdom for the ages. Listen up.<\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lesson 1: Burst your bubble <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cI have family everywhere. The US\u2014East Coast, West Coast. Canada, Dubai, Ethiopia, South Africa, France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, everywhere.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img class=\"wp-image-30368 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image9.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image9-460x345.jpeg 460w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image9-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image9-500x375.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image9-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image9-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/>So, first things first, I was born here in the US\u2014in Maryland, and when I was just one month old, I moved to Ethiopia and stayed there for the first ten or eleven years of my life.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">I used to travel a lot with my family growing up. And I remember when I was growing up in Ethiopia, we&#8217;d go on these amazing road trips in the countryside, and you&#8217;d see so much culture in Ethiopia. We have 83 different tribes, 83 different languages, and all different types of people.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">And then at the age of eleven, I moved to Sweden, and I lived in Stockholm for about ten years after that until I turned 18, when I decided to move to Melbourne alone to do my bachelor\u2019s. I\u2019ve been everywhere <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It&#8217;s really beautiful because I know that my parents wanted me to have this very broad mindset. And what I&#8217;ve noticed at least now is that when my parents constantly took me around the world, I had this understanding that there\u2019s something bigger out there. That&#8217;s where my ambition comes from as well because I was never satisfied with just making it in whatever little bubble that I was in. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lesson 2:\u00a0Learn from your elders <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cMy Dad always wanted me to think bigger. He used to say, \u201cYou\u2019re not going to get a job, you\u2019re going to create a job.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Coming from parents that are immigrants and had to leave their home country and move to Sweden, they had this<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-30409 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image1-460x345.jpeg\" alt=\"Mar-dad\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image1-460x345.jpeg 460w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image1-500x375.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/> understanding that life wasn&#8217;t perfect. Not everybody had the opportunities that they could have had. They always made sure that I was given opportunities but also given the chance to make my own life. It was a bit like\u2014hey, we&#8217;ll show you everything. Everything is out there but then again; we&#8217;ll respect whatever choose to create for yourself. There\u2019s beauty in that. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">When I was growing up, I didn&#8217;t spend a lot of my time in school and kindergarten. When I was really small, my dad took me to work with him. I used to spend my days in his office at his company and just observe and watch. And I really grew up being like, oh my gosh, I want to be like him one day. That&#8217;s so cool. Naturally, it\u00a0felt like the right thing to do for me to get into international business. That\u2019s where my bachelor\u2019s in Australia came in. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Studying can only take you so far. I worked alongside my studies as an accounting manager for a sales prospecting tool company in Sweden, as well as a business development associate. It was important to me that I learned and then I applied right away. Going out of my way to apply for internships and work. Sometimes when I didn&#8217;t get internships, I even offered to work for free because it was important to me to take that knowledge and apply it. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lesson 3: Invest in others <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cMaking people feel welcomed and giving people the opportunity to make their voices heard\u2014sometimes the people you least expect bring amazing ideas to the table.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img class=\"wp-image-30371 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image7-1-scaled-e1687273912907.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image7-1-scaled-e1687273912907.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image7-1-scaled-e1687273912907-259x345.jpeg 259w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image7-1-scaled-e1687273912907-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image7-1-scaled-e1687273912907-375x500.jpeg 375w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image7-1-scaled-e1687273912907-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image7-1-scaled-e1687273912907-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/>When it comes to my future and goals, I definitely want to work in business development or corporate relations and PR. I really think that I work well with people\u2014understanding people from different backgrounds and cultures.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> We&#8217;re in San Francisco, so maybe something in tech? I\u2019m not sure but it\u2019s the people that make the job.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">People come into your life\u2014you teach them, they teach you and then you part ways. It\u2019s not sad, it\u2019s beautiful.\u00a0I think because I went to Bible college right after high school, I have this faith in humans. Religious isn\u2019t the right word for what I am\u2014I prefer spiritual. But my faith remains a huge part of my life.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The primary thing my faith has taught me is self-love. I used to think self-love was loving yourself no matter what but that\u2019s not it. You need to take care of yourself. Self-love is actually saying no to the things that don&#8217;t benefit you. Self-love comes with discipline. And only when you love yourself can you learn to give back to others.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lesson 4: Build your own community <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cWhen you make the people you work with feel comfortable mentally, that&#8217;s when they start feeling comfortable physically and in their work.&#8221;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img class=\"wp-image-30372 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image7-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"373\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image7-1-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image7-1-1-259x345.jpeg 259w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image7-1-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image7-1-1-375x500.jpeg 375w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image7-1-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">With business, the first thing you think about is profit, right? You make money. That&#8217;s a success. But for me, ethics and values in business are more important. Knowing that I might not always be successful because I choose to do what I think is right is something that I&#8217;ve come to accept. And I&#8217;ve never associated success with money or materialistic success. I&#8217;ve always associated my success and my sense of belonging with people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Caring about people, making a difference in people&#8217;s lives, that&#8217;s what I think I would want my legacy to be is something that&#8217;s still alive through people&#8217;s lives and impacting people. When it comes to business, I would rather 100% put that foot forward and stand by what I think is right than have the definition of success that our society has nowadays.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This is tough when you&#8217;re at a business school\u2014lots of people go into business for the money\u2014but you can find your people if you look closer. I think it&#8217;s important to have respect for those who don&#8217;t think like you because that doesn&#8217;t make them less than you. But then again, you have to work hard not to lose yourself in the whole life situation. It&#8217;s important to build that community and to have that sense of community that reminds you of your principles and your values and who you are. So it&#8217;s not a common way of thinking, but you can make it a common way of thinking. I truly believe that your reality is what you make it\u2014I call it protecting your mind.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lesson 5: Never forget who helped get you there<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cMom plays such an important role in all of our lives and in all of our successes because she&#8217;s kind of the one that makes everybody&#8217;s day-to-day life so comfortable.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"> <img class=\"size-medium wp-image-30408 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-516x345.jpeg\" alt=\"Mar-family\" width=\"516\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-516x345.jpeg 516w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-500x334.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-1536x1027.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image.jpeg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 If there\u2019s one person, I really respect it\u2019s my mom, Mahlet. My mom is amazing\u2014one of the smartest people I know hands down. She studied economics and had so much experience working in the world of business. But recently, she decided to completely change her career path. Now she&#8217;s a professional dental hygienist and graduated from dentistry school about three years ago. She had a young child in her 40s, but she did it. That\u2019s where I come from\u2014the quiet storm. Her plan is to open her own clinic one day, and when she does, I&#8217;ll be her first investor. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Connect with Mar<\/h2>\n<h3>On Insta: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/martirfe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@martirfe<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>On LinkedIn: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mar-tirfe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mariamawit Tirfe<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Read about how Mar built her self-confidence over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessanddreams.com\/online-magazine\/mariamawit-tirfe?fbclid=PAAaZQHR01f3KyqBNel4fJiIoD2i5viuEeKtNADEdMcfqvipAGX5r6CAAvJDg_aem_AU0_jB35eBIDQJ8TlG0bwGmeJR1Q8fBlWGTEPFqu5qxxvNFFeY3Cn_Q4L1e_n-hqvHk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business &amp; Dreams Magazine<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">Take a leaf out of Mar\u2019s book and check out Hult&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/masters\/\">range of master\u2019s programs<\/a> to unlock your potential and launch a global career.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When our students talk\u2014they always have important things to say. 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