Given banking has long hours and high pressure, how does a young analyst/associate keep a high amount on focus and good attention to detail.
What are good habits and routines to pick up.
PS: pls don't say Adderall for the love of god.
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A few things:
Ive heard from multiple people no caffeine helps overall mood and focus. Im still trying to get my intake slowly down, gone from 600-800mg a day down to 200-300mg and can say anxiety has been reduced a ton
Thanks for the advice, as a follow up would you recommend to not listen to music while working?
No hard and fast rule on music. If it does not distract you, go for it
Matthew McConaughey would disagree with no fap. He said I need to do it multiple times a day.
This is a brain dead take; I understand it’s meant to be funny but people may take seriously. This just isn’t the case. Porn in particular will kill your focus, like any short-term high (scrolling, video games included. Agree the average often successful wall streeter probably jacks off twice a day many days. But they might be better off without
You must be a lot of fun in the office.
Ya I’m not jackin my coworkers off that’s for sure
You literally changed your comment on me don’t act slick. You said “are you retarded” before you typed all that 😂 do you gaslight your coworkers like this too?
Adderall
Just comes with time, really. I had pretty bad ATD at the start of the year and whilst it's not PERFECT now, I am able to spot things now that I wouldn't have been able to then.
Print out every slide and double check it on paper before sending out
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