Swiss Finance Academy Journal Day 5

The first week, of lessons at least, has come and gone and with it, all trace of weakness in my body! Well not really, but I have pushed myself a lot harder than I ever thought possible. While I still believe the schedule is WAY TOO grueling for it's own good, it's a necessary step in the process of becoming an amazing corporate financial player.

I realized today that the majority of what I learn here will not really be as valuable right now as it will be if I keep up with it and practice/refer back to it at home. That's where the real value of this course will come to light. I am no superstar in Finance by any means, but I do believe that one day I can become a force to be reckoned with in the Financial sector if I stick with it.

Today specifically though, I really became frustrated with the fact that I couldn't figure out all of the questions to the homework last night. I worked furiously and could only make it to question number 24 before giving up and chalking it up to fate. I will study those concepts of WACC and probability of default on loans/cost of equity/cost of debt change the most before tomorrow night. It's not a heavily weighted test, but every percent counts and I have NO idea what we'll encounter next week.

Endurance. Resilience. Dedication. Hard work. Commitment. Passion. Diligence. True lessons learned this week indeed.