How do I know that?

Except Stipe is rocking a sports trader’s tasks, he is also very skillful with air conditioning system setups and he also balances a tray very well when he takes over a role of a waiter. Pretty impressive to manage all these skills at a high level.

Nightlife in the role of waiter, Stipe switched to the nightlife of the sports trader professional. There are a few similarities between these two working modes. Nightlife during weekends is at its peak, so you have two to three full nights of full power mode per week. While as a sports trading professional, Stipe has a block of seven days of night shifts once every two months (with two or three days of pause between two or three shifts). But we can all agree that this working mode could be a really intense experience. 

So, what does life on nightshifts look like?

Stipe says that even though the volume of work is smaller, work during the night opens a whole new dimension of human functioning and perception of information from the surrounding. Since Stipe lives 45 minutes of driving away from Mostar, over the bumpy and winding roads, he usually works nightshifts from his home. This way we make sure that he is not endangered.

The night wears a certain veil of mystery and all our senses become heightened to the point where we perceive stimuli from the environment as black and white. This sets us on a rollercoaster of emotions and reactions and after eleven hours of uninterrupted work, one can feel drained and a bit disrupted from nonsleeping. And that is a feeling that every sports trader (or any other professional that works night shifts) can confirm.

But despite its challenging side, the job of a sports trader has many advantages if one likes sports. And Stipe does like sport. He is not just an ardent fan of Dinamo Zagreb and Real Madrid, but he also likes to engage in various kinds of physical activity. Although he used to play football as a youngster, he still has a habit of picking up a racket and playing some tennis. No wonder, since he lives very close to Međugorje, which gave us prominent players like Čilić and Dodig.

But that is not all. Since Stipe is an early bird, recharging after a night shift usually includes his physical routines; gym and running. Having such excellent organizational skills is one of the basic life hacks and it is something that will definitely be very helpful to Stipe in near future. Since he is getting married soon, things would probably be a bit different, but no doubt that he will handle that task successfully too.