Everyone at the firm is chasing the same hot deal, and the fear of being the one who passed is thick in the room. I have made peace with the risk part of this job. What is hard is hearing my own read on a company underneath all the noise of what everyone else is piling into. The hype is loud, and my own judgment is quiet.
More people experience this than they realize.
You can handle the risk, but hearing your own judgment under the crowd's hype is hard.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.