But I used to work for free. The hiring supervisor 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 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. In the meantime, I got accredited to become a broker. Gradually but certainly, I rose 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 began and ran my own international hedge fund for a years.
However I haven't forgotten what it seems like to not have adequate money for groceries, let alone the expenses. I remember going days without eating so I could make the lease and electrical expense. I remember what it resembled maturing with nothing, while everybody else had the most current clothes, devices, and toys.
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When I seem like taking my foot off the accelerator, I advise myself that there are countless driven competitors out there, starving for the success I have actually been fortunate to secure. The world doesn't stand still, and I understand I can't either. I love my work, however even if I didn't, I have trained myself to work as if the Devil is on my heels.
However 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 ultimately compelled to file personal bankruptcy. 2 years after losing everything, Teeka rebuilt his wealth in the markets and went on to introduce a successful hedge fund.