I used to work for free. The hiring manager admired that and provided me a task. I worked 60 hours a week. I just earned money for 29 hours, so they might avoid paying me medical benefits. At the time, I was making the handsome sum of $4 an hour.
On Saturday and Sunday, I worked 12-hour shifts as a cook in a restaurant in Queens, New York City. In the meantime, I got licensed to become a broker. Slowly however certainly, I increased through the ranks. Within 2 years, I was the youngest vice president in Shearson Lehman history. After my 15-year career on Wall Street, I began and ran my own global hedge fund for a decade.
I have not forgotten what it feels like to not have sufficient money for groceries, let alone the bills. I keep in mind going days without eating so I might make the lease and electrical expense. I remember what it resembled maturing with nothing, while everyone else had the most recent clothing, gizmos, and toys.
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When I seem like taking my foot off the accelerator, I remind myself that there are thousands of driven competitors out there, starving for the success I have actually been fortunate to secure. The world does not stall, and I recognize I can't either. I enjoy my work, however even if I didn't, I have actually trained myself to work as if the Devil is on my heels.
But then, he "got greedy" (in his own words) and held on for too long. Within a three-week period, he lost all he had made and everything else he owned. He was ultimately obliged to submit individual bankruptcy. 2 years after losing everything, Teeka rebuilt his wealth in the markets and went on to release an effective hedge fund.