[HELP] is my interests list too hardo

Interests: markets, investing, economics, energy, reading (about the aforementioned)

These are the only subjects I can talk about; I don't think about anything else nor have I thought about anything else for the past 2 years, certainly not the likes of music, film, books (fiction), food, and travel, ugh.

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Instant ding. Do you also happen to go to NYU?

 

bro, would you rather your colleague be

1. the next Stephen Schwarzman, your future business partner

or

2. someone who goes scuba diving in his free time and enjoys collecting stamps

 
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These aren’t hardo interests. Hardo interests are BJJ, Muay Thai, Ice Climbing, Helicopter Snowboarding, Ultra Marathons, and Bare Knuckle fighting.

You’re hardo because you read? GTFOutta here.

"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 list isnt hardo at all. It's just lame. 

'hardo' would actually have some cool interests in it. Back country skiing, sailboat racing, getting pilots license. Your list just looks like someone with no hobbies so they have to put something synonymous with 'markets' a bunch of times

You still in college? I didnt have any real hobbies at that time either. But it's worth it for yourself to curate some actual ones that you enjoy, and stop over thinking what looks cool, lame, etc.

 

Can't you come up with something somewhat generic but somewhat interesting? Do you not watch sports, exercise, or have any hobbies?

 

Buddy if you’re asking on here for help with your interests section, you’re gonna get the same boring and generic responses every time, look at how useless many of the comments above are lol

 

Music: Hedge funders playlist on Spotify

Film: Wolf of Wall Street, the Big Short

Books (Fiction): The Rebel Allocator

Food: 11pm FoodPanda

Travel: Commute in NYC

Idk why you think you're lacking in these areas tbh

 

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