I FUCKING LOVE THE GRIND

I wake up EVERY FUCKING DAY with that taste. that craving. that edge in my mouth like unfinished business. This isn’t ambition. IT’S FUCKING OBSESSION. I’ve been rejected so many fucking times I lost count. hundreds. no joke. But every single one sharpened the shit out of me. bad communication? I rewired how I fucking speak. weak technicals? I buried my fucking head weeks in a row in models until I could do them backwards in my sleep. While people post #networking tips and soft-ass “manifestation” posts I’m out here firing off 80 cold emails a day until my fingers go numb. You think I just want a shot at the desk? Fuck no. I’m coming to dominate so when I sit down on that motherfucking desk, I want every MD on the floor to pause and wonder who the fuck just showed up

Cry about the recession. Cry about how recruiting is rigged. Cry about nepo hires and closed doors. You won’t catch me complaining. I’m too fucking busy outworking every single person around me. I’m not waiting to get in, I’m already moving like I belong. And when I'll get in, I’ll be doing fucking circles around the entire junior floor.  Don’t tell me to be realistic. Don't tell me the odds when I'm all fucking in because I’m not here for a maybe. I’m not here for a shot. I’m here to take the whole fucking game. so help me God

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OP makes post like this on WSO then says on LinkedIn “All, im happy to announce I’ve accepted a summer analyst role with Northwestern Mutual”

 

There are times when you need to go balls to the wall, and others where you need to cruise on through. Don’t pull back the effort, but be aware of motion vs. progress. Bearing down and DOING IT super intensely might not get you your offer any faster than chilling out, getting the prep done, making the right connections, and breaking in. Effort =/ effectiveness. 

 

i fuck with this hard! but keep in mind that slow is smooth and smooth is fast, so don't cut corners just to deliver fast and early

 

10/10 shitpost, but as always we are just talking about an internship aren't we....

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

This is what we strive for. Hope every guy next to me on the desk has this energy or they can find the fucking door. Get after it bud.

"If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything" - Winston Churchill | "It's a testament to the sheer belligerence of the profession that people would rather argue about the 'risk-adjusted returns' of using inferior tooth cleaning methods." - kellycriterion
 

POWER! STRENGTH!

Jokes aside, just keep track of yourself. The grind is not worth working yourself to death.

Additionally, go out and get some girls before you are balding.

 

Lmao not sure if I should give you props or tell you to touch grass…I respect the grind but there’s more to life than work 

 

Cool, I just need these books printed by morning, man.

Teach a man to make a fire, he'll be warm for the night. But set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
 

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