When making decisions in personal and professional lives, one must identify and compare opportunity costs. When comparing options, it is important to analyze every cost and other opportunities that one must give up. Choosing between taking an absence from work, moving out of town and pursuing a MBA degree full time or maintaining one's current job while enrolled in a local MBA program has many opportunity costs for each. Focusing first on taking an absence from work, moving out of town and pursuing a MBA degree full time, there are many hidden costs. …
