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Interview: Alissa Finerman On Leaving Wall Street And Living in Your Top 1 %

17 May

Alissa Finerman

By Stacey Gualandi

Twitter:  @AlissaFinerman
Facebook:  AlissaFinermanTop1

Alissa Finerman is living proof that it’s never too late to start a new life path.   She is practicing what she preaches with her first self-published book “Living in Your Top 1%”.  This former Wall Street financier and nationally ranked doubles tennis champ turned life coach serves up what she says are the nine most effective rituals to success.

“I think it begins with everyone being the CEO of You, Inc.”

She pulls from her own experience managing hedge funds, working the corporate bond desk, and acing opponents on the tennis court.  She believes that when “your heart and mind come together you will excel”.

Alissa Finerman

After being laid off as one of the top senior women, she decided to write a book that would help others chart a new course.

I know what it’s like to get laid off and then trying to rethink your future.  So I was eager to read Alissa’s book, and learn how to navigate through change, shift your mindset, set new goals, and as a doubles tennis player myself, how to win a tiebreaker!… Continue reading