It’s You Versus The Course

As I teach more groups of investment professionals, I realize the private equity and direct lending career is more like golf than a team sport.

You’re competing with the course. Everyone plays the same course.

The illusion that you’re in competition with your peers prevents you from working with them to help each other along.

So few professionals play the game well -- that if you do, there will be a spot for you!

What are you doing to self-manage and improve? The game is the same at every firm.

You don’t have to keep others down or play it so tight.