I used to work for totally free. The hiring supervisor appreciated that and provided me a task. I worked 60 hours a week. I just made money for 29 hours, so they could 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 dining establishment in Queens, New York City. In the meantime, I got licensed to end up being a broker. Slowly but surely, I rose 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 started and ran my own international hedge fund for a decade.
But I have not forgotten what it seems like to not have sufficient money for groceries, not to mention the costs. I keep in mind going days without consuming so I could make the rent and electric costs. I remember what it was like maturing with nothing, while everybody else had the most recent clothing, devices, 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 doesn't stand still, 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.
Then, he "got greedy" (in his own words) and hung 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 file individual insolvency. 2 years after losing whatever, Teeka rebuilt his wealth in the markets and went on to launch an effective hedge fund.