>> So I think one thing that's really important is just paying attention to,
you know, current events.
So obviously it's a lot to -- you know, I'm sure, you know,
a lot of class work, and extra curricular activities.
And some students may be involved in fraternities and sororities.
But it's really important if you're interested in finance
to really pay attention what's going on.
Because I think that really prepares you more, you know,
for the real -- more real-life situations.
You know, it is all in good fun to learn formulas and things like that.
But it's really important to be able to apply things that are applicable in everyday life.
The one thing is certainly patience.
In my job, like I said, you know, it's -- there's --
they can throw a ton of things at you at once.
If you've got clients calling in with multiple trades.
And you've got people looking, you know, to get certain money moved,
it can be very overwhelming at times.
You know, people want it done.
Especially being in a fast paced city like this, you know, things moving quite quickly.
So I think, you know, patience is certainly really important.
It's not specifically related to finance.
Some of the more, I think, technical things would be just kind of, you know, focusing,
if you're really interested in the financial industry, paying attention to companies
when they, like earning announcements, or type of different announcements in the news,
you know, and just maybe even listening in to a conference call.
Seeing what a CEO has to say about the company.
So not so much paying attention to the numbers, but kind of the more qualitative things
that the management teams have to say.
Which is really important if, you know, you're looking to do any type of financial analysis.
Or any type of, you know, sector analysis in that sense.
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