Tips and Tricks to be a Better Faster Analyst/Associate

What are some techniques you use to get work done faster and also remain accurate? Sometimes I get so paranoid that I have missed something that I tend to check over my work too many times and then find myself getting behind. I usually write everything down in a "Bible" spreadsheet that has all kinds of examples already, but am curious what else I could do to be better.

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Are you fr quoting Michael Jai White from his punching lesson w/ Kimbo Slice? Class. 

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