But I used to work for totally free. The hiring manager admired that and provided me a task. I worked 60 hours a week. I only made money for 29 hours, so they could avoid paying me medical benefits. At the time, I was making the handsome 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 certified to become a broker. Slowly however definitely, I rose through the ranks. Within two 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 international hedge fund for a decade.
However I have not forgotten what it seems like to not have sufficient cash for groceries, let alone the costs. I keep in mind going days without eating so I could make the rent and electric costs. I remember what it resembled growing up with nothing, while everyone else had the current clothing, gizmos, and toys.
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When I seem like taking my foot off the accelerator, I advise myself that there are thousands of driven competitors out there, hungry for the success I've been lucky to protect. The world does not stand still, and I understand I can't either. I like my work, however even if I didn't, I have 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 span, he lost all he had actually made and whatever else he owned. He was ultimately compelled to file personal bankruptcy. Two years after losing everything, Teeka rebuilt his wealth in the markets and went on to release an effective hedge fund.