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The great Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius once said, "Find a job you enjoy, and you ll ne!er work a day in your life." From the day " heard this #uote, " ha!e always dreamed of ha!ing a job which would ne!er seem like a work, something which " would do with passion and which would e$cite my spirit and energy. " ha!e come across many people who are doing the things they lo!e to do and are ama%ingly good at it. &nd what " ha!e surprisingly found out is that, in the case of these people, time takes a different course entirely. They disappear for hours on end which feels like few minutes for them co% they lo!e what they are doing. 'n the other hand " ha!e come across people who do not lo!e what they do and a few minutes for them feels like an hour. (y dream job will be to work as an in!estment banker in the city. " ha!e always been good with (aths and numbers and ha!e been in!esting in shares ) stocks since my child hood. " admire (r.*arren +uffet and look up to him as a person whom " would like to emulate. *hene!er " pass through the office of big in!estment banks like ,oldman -achs, J. (organ etc, the in!estment banker in me wants me to go inside the office and start work from that !ery moment. " ha!e been preparing myself mentally for those split second difficult decisions which an in!estment banker has to take when making trade. The reason why " participated in debates during my school years was to further impro!e my communication skills which is a good asset during highly competiti!e negotiations. *orking as the in!estment banker at the professions highest le!el will pro!ide me an opportunity in shaping up /.0 and world economies, creating mammoth companies by managing mergers of billion dollar corporations etc. 1!en though " know that the working as an "n!estment +anker will in!ol!e working long hours, " would be happy to do that because " know for sure that since " lo!e in!estment banking, these long hours will seem like few minutes. &nother pri!ilege of working as an in!estment banker is the fact that " would get the opportunity to tra!el around the world on work and since " lo!e tra!elling and e$ploring new places, this will ne!er seem like work. The icing in the cake is the fact that best in!estment bankers are paid ridiculously huge amount of money as salary and bonus. " lo!e to work hard and play hard and my job as an in!estment bankers will gi!e me the pri!ilege of getting paid for the work " lo!e doing.

BLOG ASSIGNMENT FRESH EYES: (y dream job is to work in the city as an "n!estment +anker . Therefore, " joined the in!estment society at the uni!ersity. The society organises number of seminars, conferences, workshops etc which will help me to network with people who matter in the industry and pro!ide me the re#uired training necessary to be an in!estment banker. The society also pro!ides me a platform to network with like minded students who are interested to be an in!estment banker and e$change tips with them. " attended one of the society2s e!ents the other day. "t was just awesome. " was in a room filled with in!estment bankers and wannabe in!estment bankers. For the first time, " had the opportunity to gain a deeply understand of the way in!estment banking works and the needs that " need to sol!e to be an in!estment banker. Emotional Need 3 &s " was networking at the society2s e!ent, " came across (r.4 5" would prefer the person to be anonymous6 who was working for ,oldman -achs at 7ondon. (r.4 always wanted to be an "n!estment banker and was thrilled when ,oldman -achs offered him a position soon after graduation. The initial enthusiasm soon ga!e way for mi$ed feeling and this has reached a stage where (r.4 is rethinking his career as an in!estment banker e!en though he has not spent e!en a year as an in!estment banker. *hen " probed further " found that (r.4 was a big fan of &rsenal football club and ha!e been following them since his childhood. +ut now due to work pressure, he was not able to go to any of the matches nor was he able to watch them on the T8. This has left him with the feeling of unhappiness and frustration. This was a rude awakening for me co% " do lo!e football and ha!e been following *est ham since my child hood. *hen " thought about this deeply, an idea struck me to sol!e this problem. " will record the football matches and watch them at my con!enience. This way " will not miss my fa!ourite team nor will " get frustrated at my dream job. Phy i!al need 3 'n further probing (r.4, " found that his work pressure is not pro!iding him enough time to ha!e an intimate time with his wife which has led to complications in his marriage. 9e usually comes home late by which time his wife is fast asleep. During weekends, he is out with his work mates because he needs to network with his peers so as to keep himself abreast of the latest happenings in the world economy, corporate world etc. This did get me thinking but then " figured out that " would keep my -unday off for my family. 1!en though " may miss out on networking with my peers which may slow down my career growth, " want to ha!e a happy family life and therefore " do not mind sacrificing a small part of my career. "o#niti$e need : (r.4 also mentioned to me on not ha!ing a e$perienced person who would ha!e pro!ided him the direction re#uired to succeed in the corporate world. " ha!e therefore decided that, o!er the ne$t couple of in!estment society2s e!ents, " will look around for a !ery good mentor who can reassure me as " go about my dream and will help me when problems arise.

Third +log; <our blogging assignment this week is to take the consumer need that you ha!e identified last week in your blog, and then obser!e se!eral people with the same problem. (ake a timeline of what happens before after and during this need. ,i!e your target consumer a name. Then, turn it into a story that illustrates your target consumer needs and how your business idea will impro!e their life. <ou know you ha!e done well if your story is interesting and uni#ue. The consumer need for an in!estment banker is the number of people willing to pay certain sum of Fourth +log; .ut together a draft of your feasibility study this week. &s you do, think about which sections are easiest and hardest for you to write and research. &re you great at a marketing strategy but struggle with finances= Take the inno!ation principle that you presented today in class and apply that to your weakness 5or pick any you like>6. Decide how you would use that inno!ation principle to impro!e your weakest area of your feasibility study and then do it! +log about your e$periment in impro!ing your weakness and share your story. For e$ample, perhaps you mi$ed principle ?@A with your finance weakness= 9ow did you use Bbaby steps2 to tackle your finance goals=

Fifth +log +log assignment this week; *hat is the hardest part of your feasibility study= *hat did you learn when sharing your ideas with your students= *as it easy to e$plain your idea= Ceflect on your e$perience. De$t week is reading week. <our blog assignment for E Do!ember is to pick a company you think is inno!ati!e and in!estigate their business model when it comes to money; @. *ho are their customers that pay= 5students, corporations, etc6 Then pick one of these customers and answer the following #uestions; F. 9ow are they paid= 5online, in person, etc6 G. *hen does the money arri!e= 5subscription, pre:pay, by the hour, at time of deli!ery, donation, etc6 H. *hat is their profit margin per transaction or item= 5it costs I@ to make and it retails for IJ K IH margin6

"t may re#uire talking to people rather than just data scraping the internet. Cemember, you are a student, use that to your ad!antage to get noticed at these companies you admireLthey may be interested in hiring impressi!e moti!ated students like you who ask intelligent #uestions> <ou can write about this, or make a diagram of how the money flows, on your blog>