But I offered to work for complimentary. The hiring manager appreciated that and offered me a job. I worked 60 hours a week. I only earned money for 29 hours, so they could prevent paying me medical benefits. At the time, I was making the handsome sum 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 accredited to end up being a broker. Gradually 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 worldwide hedge fund for a decade.
But I haven't forgotten what it seems like to not have sufficient money for groceries, not to mention the bills. I remember going days without consuming so I could make the rent and electric expense. I remember what it was like growing up with nothing, while everyone else had the most recent clothes, devices, 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 have actually been fortunate to protect. The world doesn't stall, and I realize I can't either. I enjoy 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 obliged to file personal bankruptcy. Two years after losing whatever, Teeka rebuilt his wealth in the markets and went on to release a successful hedge fund.