Meet: Steve Douillette

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Running along the Charles River on a sunny, 90 degree day.

What is your greatest fear?
Living a monotonous life.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
My need for a full 8 hours of sleep.  There's so much else I'd rather be doing!

What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Ability to sleep less than 8 hours.

Which living person do you most admire?
No one individual really stands out in my head.  I admire any person that takes action when needed to protect what's important to them.

What is your greatest extravagance?
Extending work trips to see family and friends

What is your current state of mind?
Planning our August break.  To staycate or vacate?

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Perfection.

On what occasion do you lie?
White lies in a previous life for ridiculous office politics.

What do you most dislike about your appearance?
No pressure! I'd say my hair - it kind of goes its own way.  Party in the front, party in the back.

Which living person do you most despise?
He who shall not be named.

What is the quality you most like in a man?
Independence, humor and loyalty

What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Independence, humor and loyalty

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Cool, sweet, nice, and other dude-bro phrases

What or who is the greatest love of your life?
We haven't met yet.... But must love dogs.

When and where were you happiest?
Raving through Europe last summer with now long-time friends from all over the world.

Which talent would you most like to have?
Sleeping 4 hours a day.  Oh, and finance.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
See above.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Pulling the trigger on this whole MBA thing.  Ask me again when we graduate!

If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
A fly on a wall with freedom of movement.

Where would you most like to live?
Somewhere warm, relaxed but put together, open-minded and tax-free. Must have fast Wifi. Suggestions welcome.

What is your most treasured possession?
My passport.

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Finance/math/equations

What is your favorite occupation?
Consulting. Solving problems in and learning about all sort of random industries is extremely eyeopening, fulfilling and humbling.

What is your most marked characteristic?
Hacking the system.  Any system.

What do you most value in your friends?
Independence, humor and loyalty

Who are your favorite writers?
Andrew McAfee and Sherry Turkle

Who is your hero of fiction?
Quailman...man...man...man...

Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Will Truman from Will & Grace

Who are your heroes in real life?
Karen Walker from Will & Grace

What are your favorite names?
Well I guess that'd have to be Mario... O:-)

What is it that you most dislike?
Math.. is this another control question?

What is your greatest regret?
No regerts!

How would you like to die?
Only after leaving a mark on this world for the better.

What is your motto?
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Ralph Waldo Emerson