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J.P. Morgan Breakup Song
Thoughts on this J.P. Morgan Breakup Song? Listen to the song in the comments. Lyrics: In the heart of finance, under the city lights, I gave my all, through endless days and nights. Dreams of numbers, and suits, where I found my place, But in the end, it seems, I've lost the race. JP Morgan, you've...
From Farmer in Cameroon to Investment Banker in Canada
I just came across this amazing story from Noel Abingwa on LinkedIn describing his journey towards becoming an Investment Banking Analyst, and hopefully it can help motivate some of us here: "I am so happy to share with you that I started a new role as an Investment Banking Secondment Analyst at BMO...
Are you a self-motivated person, or do you procrastinate?
Personally, I perform better under pressure; thus, I learned how to deal with them professionally by utilising procrastination to my advantage and adapting this system to my life.
Monkeys, What Motivates You To Continue Working Hard Every Day?
Title says it all. I'll start by saying that although I'm still in college, I think the goal of reaching banking is still motivation enough for me. But for those already in IB (or whatever career path you're pursuing), what keeps you waking up everyday to grind?
Do you find your work rewarding?
Hey folks, I just wanted to ask the people working in IB what it is that gets you through your analyst years and you to bust your ass 100 hours per week? I feel that external factors like pay, prestige and exit opps are the things that are driving me towards pursuing a job in this industry, which...
What Keeps You Motivated?
Folks in the industry -- what keeps you motivated, particularly during down times? There are times when work is slow which makes you ponder, is this all worth it? Share!
A Story of Persistence: If I Can Make It, You Can Too
Background: Rewind back to October 2011. I was a Senior at a fairly prestigious state school, but it was a non-target university. I was graduating with a major in History, and I believed I wanted to go to Law School eventually. My father and mother both went to Law School and it seemed inevitable...
Stay positive
Hello folks, I would like to share my story a little bit for those who felt beaten up by the recruiting season. I was born and raised in a very underdeveloped city in China. I remembered the ranking, the GDP of my province is the second or third lowest in China. Although I went to relatively good...
Have you lost interest in pursuing a career in Investment Banking?
Hey monkeys, Over the past year or so(currently a sophomore in college), it seems my interest in the industry has really declined. As a preface, I've never worked in investment banking, so keep in mind my post has nothing to do with direct experience. As a freshman, I was a keener and tried to learn...
4 Pillars of Motivation
The feeling of failure. The feeling of losing. The feeling of not succeeding. The feeling of losing motivation. The feeling of lost motivation. We all have had these feelings at some point or another. Maybe it is from not getting that offer that you dreamed of. Maybe it is from a failed deal that...
Are Hungry Enough? Motivation Instagram
I hope 2016 is off to a great start for all of you. I think it's safe to assume that everyone on this forum has a higher degree of motivation than the average individual. If you're anything like me, you're constantly looking for new sources of positive energy to fuel your drive and strengthen your...
It's my passion to work on Wall Street as a trader however...
Given I'm human I've come to accept the fact that I've made some errors during my career. I'm not here to bore you, I just want my fellow colleagues to see my situation and maybe relate if you've been in my shoes prior to where you stand now. Any advice would be welcome and well appreciated. What...
Thinking vs doing
It's not often that one sees a limo for sale, especially on someone's front lawn with a price tag of $2,500. The limo wasn't new, it was a late 1980s model, but it was still a limo. I used to drive past that limo weekly when I was in college. I was intrigued, I had the money to buy it, and there...
Why Motivational Speakers Don't Work
One of the most common practices at corporate meetings is to invite a motivational speaker to present to the assembled businesspeople. The idea seems reasonable. Have someone with a compelling story and great speaking skills fire up the audience and motivate them to new heights in their individual...
For those of you who need some motivation
Came across this Chrome extension on Product Hunt. For those of you who need on-demand motivation. Enjoy :) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/do-it/e…
What quote keeps you going?
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." -William Ernest Henley EDITED: I don't how could I forget Rand's -"I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”
Why are we the way we are today?
After reading SouthernAlpha’s post on failure, I was inspired to write my own. I’ve been reflecting a lot lately and often wonder why I am the way I am today. Like most users on WSO , I am a college student motivated to succeed and hope to start my career in investment banking. However these...
Do you consider human resources to be a bane or benefit to your firm?
To all employees in HR: this question is not meant to be offensive. I am new into the corporate environment so you should not consider my opinions to be valid. I am not a fan of my HR division. The resource organization we hired was an independent labor site for recruitment and hiring solution...
blog/30 30 30
Mod note: Blast from the Past - "Best of Eddie." This was originally posted in July 2011. I was pretty nervous my first day in the business. I'll admit it. Before I got hired, I thought I knew a good deal about the market. Filing into that conference room with the rest of my training class at 5:30...
Some Advice From a Fellow Monkey
Hey guys, I thought I'd just share a LinkedIn post that I wrote up today because I felt like the two thoughts that I covered are applicable and relevant to many of us here on this forum. Here it is:...
Younger brother isn't motivated to do anything.
My younger brother is going into his junior year of high school right now, which as many of you know, is a pretty important year. He hasn't done anything. He has no extracurriculars, his grades are bad, and he hasn't even begun studying for the SATs (let alone the SAT II). All he's done this summer...
Here's Some Motivation For Ya
I stumbled across the following mashup and was pretty blown away, so I thought I would share it with you guys. If you're easily offended by bad language, you should probably skip it (but I agree with Doug Stanhope when he says that if you're offended by any word in any language, your parents weren't...
Go Get Somebody Pregnant
I was listening to a previous episode of the Content Warfare Podcast when Ryan Hanley mentioned that he's about to have a kid and how that milestone was changing his approach to business. It instantly brought me back to my old stockbroker days because, believe it or not, management encouraged...
Sisyphus Was a Banker
Why do we do the (all too often miserable) things we do for work? This is something I've wondered about myself my entire adult life, and I still don't have good answers. To say we do it for the money is a vast over-simplification. This is a really fascinating TED talk from last October that delves...
How to get work done when you’ve lost your enthusiasm
Just a few hours ago I submitted my taxes – they only took about 15 minutes mostly because they were simple and Im broke. But the tax man cometh and taketh anyway. I came to the sad realization that net-net my post tax take home is about as much as my pre-tax salary from my first internship (5...
How I Landed My First Gig on Wall Street
Many years ago I left Graduate School in an un-related field and was working in the retail fashion industry. After having trouble making ends meet I decided to get into the financial business (I made the decision while sitting on the sidewalk after a motorcycle accident). I began emailing, faxing,...
What Motivates You?
For a variety of reasons, both personal and professional, I've recently given a great deal of thought to the concept of motivation. A friend of mine recently proclaimed his belief that what best motivates people are incentives. Money, power, title, and various other perks. He argued that, at their...
The Mistakes of an Aspiring Analyst
Hello Fellow Monkeys, I’m 25, unemployed and recently graduated from a top-ranked university with a low GPA . I’ve cold e-mailed and cold called as many people as a Chinese phonebook. My daily schedule starts at 5 am to work out (lost 60 pounds) and then to immediately apply and network for...
inner strength; the will to be hungry and fight and work
Quick intro - Incoming junior going through recruiting with a weak will to compete. Self-diagnosis is one of being perhaps too satisfied, not hungry enough. Changed my wants over time from understanding and influencing the world to wanting very little - to exist, play, frolic, think, feel,...
Daily Routine
What is your daily routine? Do you have any habits that you do on a daily basis that you attribute much of your success to? Exercise, meditation, having goals, etc? Interesting article from a while ago about meditation and business... Are any of you doing things like this and have you noticed...
If you want to quit - SOLDIER ON BOY and stay put!
I was going to reply to some kid bitching about his job, and how bad he felt about being shit at it. But instead of replying directly to him I thought I'd make a more generic motivational post: It's a very tough environment, has been since 2008 when I started. After my first year I was interviewing...
Break These 7 Rules And Forget About Being Rich
For those of you who want to wake up before the sun rises and eat Type B personalities for breakfast this is the first of a three part series on 21 Rules Of the Rich (And How You Can Emulate Them) . This week will stress the importance of thinking like the wealthy . So if you’re anything less than...
Would You Do This If You Didn't Have To?
Andy note: "Blast from the past - Best of Eddie" - This one is originally from April 2010 . If there's an old post from Eddie you'd like to see up again shoot me a message. I think some people are born to be investment bankers. I know some people are born to be traders, because I had the privilege...
The Top 5 Reasons Why Your Job Sucks
Recently, I was on lunch at my shitty job, one that’s like 10 times BELOW my capabilities like the rest of the 50% of underemployed graduates. I fired up my Zite app [awesome for you bloggers out there] and started scrolling through the morning’s news and found this interesting article, Why Do...
Motivation - How to stay motivated
Sitting in my dorm at 2am, typing an article for my WSO internship before going back to my assignment (that hopefully wont fuck up my GPA ) which I will barely have time to hand in to my non-target college tomorrow after running home from my Ops internship. 3 hours sleep tonight if I'm lucky. Did...
Fear and Loathing on Wall Street
A study by Boston College has found that the extremely wealthy fear greater things than the beach house having termites, Forbes misspelling their name, or the kids picking up a hispanic accent from the housekeeper. Nor are their innermost fears spilling caviar on their ascot, not being able to find...
My MD's Ferrari FF (video)
When my boss walked in today he looked unusually chipper. Half asleep, I brushed it off and continued to blankly stare at my computer screen- “maybe he got laid this weekend,” I thought. A couple hours pass and he casually calls me into his office to talk about corpo-world nonsense. He says...
The Cost of Being Driven
Hey all,
FINALLY! GOT IT- TOP MM FT OFFER- THANK YOU WSO
Hey all (apologize for long post but its been a long journey)- I've been waiting over a year and a half now to post this, and glad I can now. This thread is here to share my journey w/others, free to answer questions if you have and just showing those junior monkeys that dont get BB or MM offers for...
If you are looking for some motivation/inspiration...
Rudy (the movie) is currently on NBC. Highyl recommend for all you youngsters/noobs. THE classic inspirational flick, even Kobe Bryant claims Rudy to be his hero. Happy Daylight Savings!!!
How do you do it?
For those of you that work 90+ hours a week in banking. How do you do it for a long period of time? What are your secrets to not burning yourself out internally?
Weekend Wars: Top of Heap vs. Bottom of Barrel
Every last one of us wants to make it to the top. In a hypercompetitive environment such as Wall Street that desire is maximized to a degree which is difficult to define. Some want to prove their worth, some are just money hungry, others seek security, others recognition. Whichever one of these...
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Advice for Summer Intern
Any tips to staying motivated for an unpaid freshman summer intern in BB PWM (UBS or Merrill) with no provided company perks whatsoever? Typically I'm stuck doing work with the more junior Financial Advisors who pretty much have no influence (we're talking a few years out of college). I get that for...
Monday Motivation: PTJ
Even if you haven't seen Office Space by now, you have certainly experienced a case of the Mondays at some point in time. This downtrodden feel is exacerbated for many monkeys unhappy with their careers or (in current times) the inability to start one up. We have all been up and down, but in my...
Bank and the Beanstalk
There there little bank, It is you that we should thank/ It is you whom still we bleed, It is your work which feeds our need. I often miss the times I never got to see. The Victorian times for instance, with their verbose conversations and clownish gestures of courtesy and class, intertwined with...
It's still possible to break in, in this economy
Hi guys, I usually read the posts here but rarely post anything. Long story short, came out of B-School a year ago. While in B-School, the firm I was going to be a Fixed Income Sales guy in blew up, so my plans were derailed a bit. But a year out, I finally managed to break in and will be starting...
How exactly does one get their **** together?
I have just finished my last exam in college. To be honest, my performance was laughable and I'm praying that I will get a B- in the class and cumulative 3.3 GPA. To clarify, there aren't any extenuating circumstances such as a deceased parent or a hard major for this GPA. I'm just burnt out beyond...
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