Hi Jason,

In my earlier comment I said that you helped me put a perspective on certain things. I am writing this comment to share my experiences after that.

Problems I Was Facing --- How I Got Them Fixed
Mediocre Presentations --- Took an online course on MS PowerPoint and read few hundred good articles with key terms "preparing financial presentation for dummies".
Poor Verbiage in Analyses --- I started teaching an intermediate course on "financial planning for entrepreneurs" during the weekends at a community center; it greatly helped because I had to explain different financial "numbers" and "formulae" at a very rudimentary level. This exercise took care of my fundamental concepts and I am now gulping two or three different reports from various NBFIs on a daily basis to shorten my absorption period.
Lack of Recognition in the market --- I created an informal weekly newsletter highlighting different areas of opportunities/problems; now at least people in my company know my name. And a few senior partners are providing me with invaluable feedback (stating that "at least you are trying").

I still have couple of things on which I am currently working on; I'll try to provide an update if I get any success.

I know I am still at the base of that vertical curve which will need many months of practice and even more tiring nights; which will be spent studying. But I know now that "every problem" has a "possible solution" and the more "problems" I manage to solve the more "competent" I would become.

Happy Hunting!
Arsalan Ahmed