I offered to work for totally free. The hiring supervisor admired that and used me a task. I worked 60 hours a week. I only made money for 29 hours, so they might avoid paying me medical benefits. At the time, I was making the princely 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 licensed to become a broker. Slowly however surely, 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 started and ran my own international hedge fund for a years.
However I haven't forgotten what it seems like to not have enough cash for groceries, let alone the expenses. I remember going days without eating so I could make the rent and electric costs. I remember what it resembled growing up with absolutely 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 rivals out there, starving for the success I have actually been lucky to protect. The world doesn't stand still, and I understand I can't either. I like my work, however even if I didn't, I have actually trained myself to work as if the Devil is on my heels.
But then, he "got greedy" (in his own words) and held on for too long. Within a three-week period, he lost all he had made and everything else he owned. He was ultimately obliged to submit personal bankruptcy. 2 years after losing everything, Teeka rebuilt his wealth in the markets and went on to introduce a successful hedge fund.