However I used to work for complimentary. The hiring supervisor appreciated that and provided me a job. 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 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 City. In the meantime, I got licensed to become a broker. Slowly however undoubtedly, 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 worldwide hedge fund for a decade.
However I haven't forgotten what it seems like to not have sufficient cash for groceries, let alone the expenses. I keep in mind going days without eating so I might make the rent and electrical costs. I remember what it was like growing up with absolutely nothing, while everybody else had the 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 rivals out there, hungry for the success I have actually been fortunate to secure. The world does not stall, and I understand I can't either. I love my work, but even if I didn't, I have trained myself to work as if the Devil is on my heels.
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However 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 file personal insolvency. 2 years after losing everything, Teeka rebuilt his wealth in the markets and went on to introduce an effective hedge fund.