i always get pre-deal scaries — i.e. i’m always nervous before i’m assigned to a new deal / first couple days on the deal for fear of the unknown/challenge up ahead. i’m an experienced senior and i’m performing pretty well and everything always end up going well for the most part .. how do i shake this never ending cycle of self created fear?

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I can relate. Feel like I’ve had deal PTSD due to the worst deals I’ve been on. My advice is honestly to stop caring. Everyone makes this job seem super important and life and death. High demands dumb arbitrary deadlines that are rushed for zero reason. At the end of the day, it’s just numbers and we’re not saving lives here.

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thank you so much, that’s a great way to look at it.. i will try to care less bc you’re right we are NOT saving lives

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I still get that as a senior director. Particularly if it's a new partner i've never worked with or the deal came out of nowhere.

First couple days are the most nerve-wrecking but I usually just go harder at the beginning to make sure everything starts off in good shape.

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appreciate your honesty, thank u!

I feel you, in similar mindset as a new senior, I always tell myself tho if the review has always been good, then I must be doing everything right. And I don’t know what I don’t know, sometimes you just have to flow through the uncertainty

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