I received an inquiry from someone who is at crossroads, both in her personal and professional lives. According to this reader, her life is getting unmanageable. When I attempted to email her my reply, I got a mail delivery failure notice telling me that her email box is full.
Perhaps this is a reflection of why [...]

An ideal schedule is the next logical step to make use of the insights I gathered from the time audit last week about my time spending patterns. It goes hand in hand with a time audit. Having an ideal schedule doesn’t mean that you have to stick to it all the time. Every day is [...]

Long hours are a given once you commit to being a financial analyst. Still, do you sometimes wonder where your day has gone before you even get to start the most important task on your agenda?
I am starting a time audit for myself this week. It’s basically a log tracking my activities in 15-minute slots [...]

Financial analysts seem to have a never-ending to-do list. Do you ever feel like, after long hours of work, your brain is so stuffed you can’t think anymore? Do you find yourself always caught up in the doing and that there is never enough time for thinking?
That was exactly my feeling a few days ago. [...]

The daily schedule of a financial analyst is unpredictable, particularly if you are in investment banking or equity research. How do you plan ahead when daily urgencies and constant changes are the order of the day? It could be the end of the day before you can make time for your top priority task on [...]

Have you ever wondered how successful people seem to have time for work and a personal life as well? Here’s the secret: make inviolate appointments with yourself.
As a financial analyst, you are probably no stranger to the concept of “pay yourself first.” You set aside a portion of your income to long-term savings before spending [...]