The most challenging part of my job is juggling multiple responsibilities. One of the things I am trying to do better is to learn to let go and delegate more – although it may be harder to ask someone else to do something and then manage that process rather than to do it yourself, there is nothing more rewarding. Also, it creates a tremendous amount of leverage and efficiency within the team.
There are so many rewarding aspects to my job: constant intellectual stimulation, exposure to and learning from a global, diverse set of people, working with really smart, thoughtful, proactive people on a daily basis, helping to shape the career paths of young people, watching them become more confident and empowered to question conventional thinking. In addition, it is immensely rewarding to make a recommendation that, for example, either went against consensus at the time or identified a new theme, and watch it add tremendous value to our clients' portfolios!