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Does the sluggish financial market make you feel unproductive because your work pace is slower than it was a year ago? Are you uncomfortable with the extra time on your hands after you’ve raced through to complete a project at the same speed you did when you had double the amount of work?
Speed has come [...]Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:47:57 +0000
A reader asked me last week if it is too late in her early thirties to follow her passion to become a financial analyst. My answer to her was, “No, it’s not too late.”
A study has shown that the majority of people, estimated as high as 80%, are in the “wrong” industry. When students are [...]Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:57:51 +0000
Have you ever tried stretching beyond your limits? What are limits anyway? Who set these limits on you? Here are some examples of how we sometimes impose limits on ourselves: “I’m too tired today to write another financial analysis.” “There is no way I can finish this project in a week!” “I can’t find any [...]Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:00:45 +0000
I assume that as a financial analyst, you can’t escape reading the daily news. I can’t imagine a financial analyst who isn’t up to date on the latest Bloomberg headline. In this past year, the problems in the financial industry have inundated the news front. Being exposed to negative news day in and day out [...]Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:58:45 +0000
Many financial analysts have solid financial background and qualifications. How can you differentiate yourself from your peers in the competitive financial industry? Strong people skills can be the distinguishing factor, assuming you and your peers offer similar level of value to the organization. Here are five characteristics that will help your colleagues to better know [...]Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:45:26 +0000
…move to Zimbabwe. BBC News reported Zimbabwe’s recent introduction of its Z$100bn bank note. Aside from becoming an instant billionaire (or even trillionaire), another advantage of living in Zimbabwe is the realization that even in the worst of economic times, everyone can still become billionaire. Annual inflation exceeds 2, 200, 000%!
But seriously, IMF in its latest World [...]Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:25:28 +0000
The most successful salesperson focuses not on “what can I get”, but “what can I give”. By salesperson, I don’t mean you have to be selling a physical product. You can be a broker selling stocks, a financial analyst selling ideas or any professional marketing yourself and your services.
Yesterday, I had the unfortunate experience of [...]Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:55:51 +0000
I can’t believe I did it again. I said “yes” to an invitation when what I really wanted to say was “no”. It’s been a long time since I had given in to a friendly nudge. I knew all too well that my schedule this month is fully booked. I didn’t want to disappoint my [...]Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:13:24 +0000
An ideal schedule is the next logical step to make use of the insights I gathered from the time audit last week about my time spending patterns. It goes hand in hand with a time audit. Having an ideal schedule doesn’t mean that you have to stick to it all the time. Every day is [...]Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:15:12 +0000
Long hours are a given once you commit to being a financial analyst. Still, do you sometimes wonder where your day has gone before you even get to start the most important task on your agenda?
I am starting a time audit for myself this week. It’s basically a log tracking my activities in 15-minute slots [...]
Does the sluggish financial market make you feel unproductive because your work pace is slower than it was a year ago? Are you uncomfortable with the extra time on your hands after you’ve raced through to complete a project at the same speed you did when you had double the amount of work?
Speed has come [...]