I offered to work for complimentary. The hiring supervisor admired that and used me a job. I worked 60 hours a week. I only made money for 29 hours, so they could prevent 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 City. In the meantime, I got accredited to end up being a broker. Slowly however 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 worldwide hedge fund for a years.
But I have not forgotten what it feels like to not have adequate cash for groceries, let alone the costs. I keep in mind going days without consuming so I might make the lease and electrical bill. I remember what it resembled growing up with absolutely nothing, while everyone else had the most current clothes, devices, and toys.
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When I feel 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 stall, and I realize I can't either. I like my work, but even if I didn't, I have trained myself to work as if the Devil is on my heels.
But then, he "got greedy" (in his own words) and hung on for too long. Within a three-week span, he lost all he had actually made and everything else he owned. He was eventually obliged to submit individual bankruptcy. Two years after losing whatever, Teeka rebuilt his wealth in the markets and went on to release an effective hedge fund.