Today's 'Training'

So this weekend I've enrolled in a valuation course called "Training The Street", taught by an ex-Wall Street investment banker that spans all weekend. It's been a great experience learning more about the process used in valuating a company either as a stand-alone entity or as part of a merger or acquisition. The material can be dry at times, but the instructor is pretty good so that helps. I particularly enjoy learning about where actual practice differs from academia's recommended approach and why.

On an unrelated note I'm learning more and more that I often let competition get the best of me. Traits that were virtues when I was an athlete are much more unattractive in a social setting and I have a hard time separating the two. I'll often get into a debate just to see if I can win, creating conflict rather than cohesion. Hopefully I can put myself in training to keep this competitiveness at bay when needed.