标题: Tips on managing potential bad news tomorrow? [打印本页] 作者: dcfox83 时间: 2013-8-13 16:31 标题: Tips on managing potential bad news tomorrow?
Hopefully we won’t need those tips [fingers crossed], but I’m sure at least a few of us are getting anxious about handling potentially not-so-great news while surrounded by colleagues and other well-wishers.
So: any tips on how to handle anything less than a pass with grace — or at least with minimal obnoxiousness and limited whimpering?
Alcohol comes to mind, of course, but curious if you guys have other good strategies to cope.作者: bdavi77962 时间: 2013-8-13 16:32
Mine is to tell myself that come what may, I won’t be smarter or dumber on Wednesday than I am today.
It’s a start, but I don’t think it willl hold very well under pressure…. So if anyone has mastered the art of resilience in the face of adversity, please share your mantra or general attitude!作者: OmarAdnan 时间: 2013-8-13 16:32
Ha, good thinking!
I must confess I am too much of a coward to risk it if it’s only “probably” not going to be read, but forwarding a good rant to my own email address is a riskfree way to vent I guess… Thanks, Nana!作者: LorrinCFA 时间: 2013-8-13 16:33
this forum has made such a big deal out of the cfa result..its just an exam, failing it doesnt mean that our world would end.作者: king_kong 时间: 2013-8-13 16:33
Take 15-20 mins and excuse yourself to freak out. Then pull yourself together and back to work!作者: RMontgomery 时间: 2013-8-13 16:33
Tell yourself that you’re going to memorize every little f^#@ing word in those CFA provided books - even the footnotes - and sign back up. It’s just a test and others have passed - you can do it too!
BTW - this is not sarcasm… this is from past experience. Just know that the exam contains tricks to make you think and next time you’ll be prepared to find those dirty little things…作者: svgleeson 时间: 2013-8-13 16:34
I will blame the pencil.作者: mp3bu 时间: 2013-8-13 16:34
Let’s face it, finding out bad news tomorrow is going to suck no matter how you slice it. Nobody is welcoming the thought of having to do it again next year, and the anticipation you and yours have been going through.
I’d say just take the time to think about it, think how hard you tried, how much you did learn (because its impossible not to learn something when preparing), celebrate that in some way, then give yourself some time to mentally relax before you decide on what your next plans will be. That is how I plan to handle any bad news.作者: laurab 时间: 2013-8-13 16:34
I would go with calculated pessimism. Really convince yourself that you failed. Get the idea in your head and deal with it. Then when the results come you are either pleasantly suprised or you just get a confirmation for what you already know.
Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate作者: Zestt 时间: 2013-8-13 16:34
That’s tough w all non CFAers being like “im sure u passed” ” i dont see u failing” ….. But ya good strategy作者: mkytz15 时间: 2013-8-13 16:36
Most of us have this shame of telling others that I failed and confuse this with fear of failure.. Just dont have that shame at all as we are not here to take an exam which everyone clears anyway! Thats what I tell myself each time!!!作者: LPoulin133 时间: 2013-8-13 16:36
Will be getting on to the whiskey anytime soon. I need my emotions numbed for the one hour or two after the results release. When i get the results, i should feel th need to neither laugh nor cry, only stare blankly and fall asleep…hopefully to wake up and find out i earned the Charter 3 months ago.作者: jacksparrow 时间: 2013-8-13 16:36
There are no tips or advice I can offer. It’s an exam at the end of the day. I passed Level I on my second attempt and this was my second stab at Level II. I’m not sure what I would do if I failed given that this time I thought I was very well prepared, I thought that the exam was quite fair, and I thought I did well.作者: zbird2134 时间: 2013-8-13 16:37
Lol bloodlie the king of analyst forum. Love that british humor. Its all good. Just think of tim duncan missing a layup in 2013 finals…now hes gotta wait all year hoping to get to the finals and 3 wins to try and decide the 4th game w a layup. Must be real tough……same w this my friends.作者: Chuckrox 时间: 2013-8-13 16:37
last year i read the email away from my desk, walked around the block 3 times, came back to my desk and grinned and beared the seemingly endless flow of surprised people that came past my desk.
Then i told myself i would start in november, cover FRA 4 times, thoroughly study every corner of the syllabus and come back next june walking into the exam knowing that i was going to nail it.
this year i’m really not sure how i’d take a fail as now i know that i could never walk into the level 2 exam confident of passing作者: Unforseen 时间: 2013-8-13 16:38
Great tips and great wit - thanks guys!
Not to sound overly cheesy, but AF has been great company throughout the past year. Despite the craziness, or probably because of it, it’s been a great place to be yourself, to vent, to connect. Thanks to all who’ve managed to keep it both light and thoughtful, from start to finish!
Thank you — and best of luck today!!!作者: PieMan 时间: 2013-8-13 16:38
the pressure and having to deal with failure becomes a reality only if for a second you assume you *may* have passed.
assumption is the mother of all f*k ups. just know already that you failed, and if you passed you can enjoy, else nothing else has changed. that’s the tip. you still have some time to convince yourself you failed while you wait for results.
