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How To Deal With Failure At Work

How To Deal With Failure At Work

Once you graduate from college and start living a life on your own, you begin to realize that getting to where you want to be is not that easy. Growing up, everything is pretty much laid out for you – wake up, go to school, do some extracurriculars, finish homework, rinse and repeat. As long […]

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Top Life Lessons from The Ride of a Lifetime (Bob Iger)

Top Life Lessons from The Ride of a Lifetime (Bob Iger)

I was never into reading books growing up. My parents weren’t big readers so I never developed the habit of reading until after I graduated from college. Hate to blame my parents, but most don’t fully realize the impact your parent’s habits have on you throughout your childhood. Little did I know how much I […]

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What To Do If You Are Unemployed

What To Do If You Are Unemployed

These past ten years have been one of the best economic times for the vast majority of Americans. $6 coffee drinks, $30 workout classes, $1000 iPhones, $3,000 per month rent, $5,000 vacations, I mean the list of extravagant things that I see young 20-year-olds spend on can go on and on. Unfortunately, after one of […]

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Top 10 Resume Mistakes in Finance

Top 10 Resume Mistakes in Finance

Let’s be honest, nobody is going to read every word on your resume. Given the amount of job applications every firm receives, most hiring managers will spend at most 20 to 30 seconds reading a resume. Because of this, you need to make sure you don’t make stupid mistakes that will get you cut automatically. […]

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Why a Six Figure Plus Finance Career Won’t Make You Happy

Why a Six Figure Plus Finance Career Won’t Make You Happy

Most people do not understand why they are never satisfied when they make more money. As their incomes grow with more and more experience, they are continuously stuck feeling as if what they make is just not enough. I know dozens of people who are single, have no real responsibilities outside work, make $500K+ per […]

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How to Properly Quit a Job You Hate

How to Properly Quit a Job You Hate

There comes a time in everyone’s career where you somehow fall into a job that you end up not liking at all. Maybe you had high expectations before starting the new role or maybe it was simply just not right for you. Whatever the reason, you feel like you need to quit ASAP and switch […]

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10 Steps to Find and Get That Job You Love

10 Steps to Find and Get That Job You Love

Most people do not know exactly what they want to do straight out of college, but overtime you start to realize what you are good at and what you are not. Either you are self-aware and know what your skills are or your friends / coworkers start to signal to you what you should be […]

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Why I Quit a $500K Per Year Job

Why I Quit a $500K Per Year Job

Growing up I had dreams of becoming rich, having a large mansion and having the freedom to do whatever I wanted to do whenever. I was never exposed to true wealth, so as a kid my perception of the rich were those making ~$200-400K per year (essentially doctors, lawyers, etc.) who lived in the large […]

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Top 10 Things I Wish I Knew in My 20s

Top 10 Things I Wish I Knew in My 20s

After thinking about my life over the past number of years, there are a ton of things I wish I knew earlier that would have put me well ahead of others in terms of my career and personal development. You learn a lot through your own experience, but why struggle in your 20s when you […]

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