But I offered to work for free. The hiring manager appreciated that and provided me a job. 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 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 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 career on Wall Street, I began and ran my own international hedge fund for a decade.
I haven't forgotten what it feels like to not have adequate money for groceries, let alone the costs. I keep in mind going days without eating so I might make the lease and electric bill. I remember what it was like maturing with absolutely nothing, while everybody else had the current clothing, 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 competitors out there, hungry for the success I have actually been lucky to protect. The world does not stand still, and I realize I can't either. I like 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 everything else he owned. He was eventually obliged to submit personal bankruptcy. Two years after losing everything, Teeka rebuilt his wealth in the markets and went on to launch a successful hedge fund.