This is a note to myself, and hopefully this can remind me whenever I feel tired of what I am doing.

 

Jiaqi,

 

I understand that you have been working at these crazy hours for a long long time, and you look forward to any kind of break you deserve. But, there is a 'but'. You got to know that you are part of the wall street factory now. This is wall street, and it's all about timing and competitions. There are the smartest people in this planet around you, and there are always people better than you for sure, BUT you got to beat them at some point, otherwise you'll be out of the loop.

 

Concentrating on what you are doing is the No.1 important thing. You have to be focused, and you have to know what type of skillsets you have or potentially have that can be better off than others. You can't let those emotional stuffs control you. Come on, you are not a 3-yr-old Chinese kid who doesn't know his future. I am pretty sure that you clearly know, if nothing else, the several following steps you are gonna take which can lead you to success. This is a game and tons of thousands of players are in it. You need to be very cautious about the mistakes you made, and learn as much as possible from them.

 

However, there are many things that you can't control. If you lose a fight, just forget about it, move on to another game. Keep working, don't think too much about the bad outputs you have. Be result-driven, and be upbeat and optimistic about your future. All you can do is all you can do. Some tricky parts needs to be figured out, but it surely takes time to learn more about the system.

 

You got to be more pro-active in the sense of fooling around and grabbing something different from other people. You have to adjust yourself in this fast-pace mult-variant environments. Your way of thinking needs to be improved as well, as you need to put yourself in others' shoes and reverse back to dwell on their thoughts. Besides, you really need to feel confident about yourself. Be determined and try to make decisions faster. Nothing is guaranteed, so you need to allow yourself to project something wrong.

 

Remember, at last, that you want to make a difference. You are not willing to do something really trivial. That's why you are here, and that's why you need to be a better you. All the opportunities are in front of you, just watch carefully, and catch them.

 

Best of luck,

Jiaqi