Friday, July 6, 2012

Train Bankers like Athletes


What happens on a trading floor when an important piece of news flashes across the wire? At that very instant, traders' senses are placed on high alert, allowing them to hear the faintest noise, see the slightest movement. Their world morphs from an impressionistic background into a scene of hyperrealism. Breathing accelerates, muscles tense, stomachs knot, and they feel the thump, thump of a heart gearing up for action. Their reaction, in fact, is just like that of an Olympic athlete preparing for a big race.

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