I used to work for free. The hiring supervisor appreciated that and offered me a job. I worked 60 hours a week. I just earned money for 29 hours, so they could avoid paying me medical benefits. At the time, I was making the baronial 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 end up being a broker. Slowly but certainly, I rose through the ranks. Within 2 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 decade.
However I haven't forgotten what it feels like to not have adequate money for groceries, let alone the expenses. 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, devices, and toys.
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When I feel like taking my foot off the accelerator, I remind myself that there are countless driven competitors out there, starving for the success I've been lucky to protect. The world does not stall, and I recognize I can't either. I enjoy my work, however 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 span, he lost all he had made and whatever else he owned. He was eventually forced to submit individual insolvency. 2 years after losing everything, Teeka rebuilt his wealth in the markets and went on to launch a successful hedge fund.