If I reduce my 8 hours of sleep to 6 hours, how can I use this time in the best way? (In College)
As a first-year college student, I'm curious if sacrificing 1-2 hours of sleep to read finance, economics, and consulting books -outside of my curriculum- would benefit my future career in private equity - I will also get used to sleeping 6 hours. Previously, I have thought about studying for the CFA exam but it has no use in private equity so decided not to do that. I'm open to suggestions for improving my career prospects in private equity and expanding my knowledge in the financial industry. Do you think reading variety of books would be the best choice?
Yeah, read a book on how to get laid
I prefer to practice that with your mom.
great comeback prospect
you should have been doing this in middle school like the rest of us, might be too late now
Bro live a life
You didn't use enough times the term private equity, so I added some more.
Just focus on getting a perfect GPA and getting good internships.
Honestly the best advice for anyone looking at IB/PE, you don't wanna be fighting to pull up grades later. The only thing I'd add is be a part of some investing club, and do a couple of stock pitch/case competitions.
Dude, if you're going to sacrifice sleep, go out and party. This is such a weiney-town question.
You need to enjoy your life, trust me you'll have more than enough time to stay up all night and read economics papers.
Possibly
Firstly, 6 hours of sleep consistently is not sustainable long term unless you have crazy genetics.
Secondly, yes although banks want to hire people with an interest in finance, they also want to hire people who they would get along with. If you come off as some finance nerd you aren't gonna pass people's airport tests.
Chill. Seriously. To get an IB/PE job you need:
1. Good grades
2. Networking
3. Involvement in clubs/extracurriculars (not just finance clubs)
4. Have done some interview prep (talking few weeks of technical studying, not 8 months)
5. Be a chill person and easy to get along with
Those books are not helpful in the slightest, and honestly being a hardo finance drone is the best way to get dinged. 6 hours of sleep is not sustainable and your personality, social life, even brain development will suffer for absolutely no reason.
Get yourself a WSJ student subscription and read it a few times a week to keep up with the markets. Join some clubs and get involved... find some hobbies and things to do for fun
Read “Why We Sleep” by Dr. Matthew Walker to better understand the power of sleep. Especially while you’re still young and your brain is developing you should get as much as you can. That doesn’t mean you can’t do some reading on the side but getting good sleep is super important and not worth sacrificing at this stage in your life.
Frankly, you're better off trying to get that 8 hours of sleep as much as possible, especially while you're this young and still in school. The percentage of the population that can truly function at 100% on 8 hours rounded to a whole number is 0. Just try your best in class, form friendships with likewise professionally-minded folks where possible, and have fun. Health is wealth and I can speak from personal experience it's a bitch and a half to get back on the wagon if you choose to step off just to try and cram in more "professional" benefits.
I think the JRE quote you’re referring to is less than 7
I honestly don't remember if it was on JRE (could be, I think he's been on a couple of times) but the quote itself is from Andrew Huberman. The generally accepted threshold is ~7-8 hrs so..
Crank stick
Ha, reminds me of Seinfeld episode where Kramer tried to follow DaVinci and get less sleep to be productive. Just sleep 8 hours
Sleep for 8 hours and be more productive for 2 lmao
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