When I started banking, the head of the division spoke to us in his surly American Armenian accent
“Life is a banker is a life of disappointment after disappointment. In one month you should expect 2 good days. So you better hope your first 2 days in the month aren’t good!”
i have a 3-year-old boy and 2-year-old girl... she is going to be something. how do you decide when to step in versus letting life come at them? right now i can judge by decibel level and tears, but the psychological stuff is going to be hard. i dont want richard calling my son a beta, or my daughter to be a mean girl. im having a hard time with figuring out what to takeaway from this
Sweet boy! Re: Armenian banker, reminds me of the great quote from Deadwood: "In life you have to do a lot of things you don't f***ing want to do. Many times, that's what the f*** life is: one vile f***ing task after another. But don't get aggravated... then the enemy has you by the short hairs."
The Young Man and the Sea
One of the best substack has to offer. Bravo, sir. Shcoyech.
🙏🏼
Wonderful
The world is cruel, a man’s job is to be hard in the face of disappointment, not give in to the beta impulse.
To bleed when pricked is no “beta impulse”
When I started banking, the head of the division spoke to us in his surly American Armenian accent
“Life is a banker is a life of disappointment after disappointment. In one month you should expect 2 good days. So you better hope your first 2 days in the month aren’t good!”
i have a 3-year-old boy and 2-year-old girl... she is going to be something. how do you decide when to step in versus letting life come at them? right now i can judge by decibel level and tears, but the psychological stuff is going to be hard. i dont want richard calling my son a beta, or my daughter to be a mean girl. im having a hard time with figuring out what to takeaway from this
Just love and enjoy them
https://kvetch.substack.com/p/fathers-and-daughters
Sweet boy! Re: Armenian banker, reminds me of the great quote from Deadwood: "In life you have to do a lot of things you don't f***ing want to do. Many times, that's what the f*** life is: one vile f***ing task after another. But don't get aggravated... then the enemy has you by the short hairs."
Not sure that sounds like a good career--only 2 good days out of 30. But maybe the Armenian American banking manager is just gloomy and inaccurate.
You don’t have to live your life that way. I have been in banking for over 10 years.
Godspeed! (I left banking almost 10 years ago)
Smart. Good to know you didn’t put up with a career that only offers 2 good days a month
No, I now insist on at least 3...
ye it sucks!