Why don't bankers breathe?

Why is it that bankers tend to talk really fast and it almost sounds like they aren't stopping to take a breath. My accounting professor does this too. When I talk I tend to breathe deeply with pauses or when I'm thinking. When I'm on networking calls with alumni I've continually noticed it sounds like they never breathe or pause. I first saw Matan Feldman doing this in his Wall Street Prep lectures but now I'm seeing it a lot more. I'm curious what the cause is. 

Anyone able to explain this?

 
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My guess is overlearning; when you do a great deal of work on something, you actually consume less oxygen because your brain doesn't have to exert the same level of energy for a certain output. Overlearning is huge for athletes.

It's like talking about something you're passionate about; when you've thought about it enough that you know it forwards and backwards, you don't have to think as much.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-power-of-overlearning/

 

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