I used to work for free. The hiring supervisor appreciated that and provided me a job. I worked 60 hours a week. I just earned money for 29 hours, so they could prevent 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 restaurant in Queens, New York City. In the meantime, I got certified to end up being a broker. Slowly however certainly, 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 began and ran my own worldwide hedge fund for a years.
However I haven't forgotten what it feels like to not have adequate money for groceries, let alone the expenses. I remember going days without consuming so I could make the rent and electrical expense. I remember what it was like growing up with absolutely nothing, while everybody else had the newest clothes, gizmos, and toys.
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When I feel like taking my foot off the accelerator, I advise myself that there are thousands of driven rivals out there, hungry for the success I've been fortunate to protect. The world does not stall, and I realize I can't either. I enjoy my work, but 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 everything else he owned. He was eventually forced to file individual bankruptcy. 2 years after losing everything, Teeka rebuilt his wealth in the markets and went on to release an effective hedge fund.