But I used to work for totally free. The hiring manager admired that and provided me a job. I worked 60 hours a week. I only got paid for 29 hours, so they could avoid paying me medical benefits. At the time, I was making the princely amount of $4 an hour.
On Saturday and Sunday, I worked 12-hour shifts as a cook in a dining establishment in Queens, New York. In the meantime, I got licensed to end up being a broker. Slowly however definitely, I increased through the ranks. Within two years, I was the youngest vice president in Shearson Lehman history. After my 15-year profession on Wall Street, I started and ran my own international hedge fund for a years.
I haven't forgotten what it feels like to not have sufficient cash for groceries, let alone the bills. I remember going days without consuming so I might make the lease and electric expense. I remember what it resembled maturing with absolutely nothing, while everyone else had the most recent clothes, gizmos, and toys.
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When I seem like taking my foot off the accelerator, I advise myself that there are countless driven rivals out there, hungry for the success I've been lucky to secure. The world doesn't stall, and I realize I can't either. I like 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 actually made and whatever else he owned. He was eventually forced to submit personal bankruptcy. Two years after losing everything, Teeka rebuilt his wealth in the markets and went on to introduce a successful hedge fund.