But I offered to work for totally free. The hiring supervisor admired that and used me a job. I worked 60 hours a week. I just got paid for 29 hours, so they could avoid paying me medical advantages. 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 restaurant in Queens, New York City. In the meantime, I got accredited to become a broker. Gradually but definitely, I increased through the ranks. Within two 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 decade.
I have not forgotten what it feels like to not have enough 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 growing up with absolutely nothing, while everyone else had the most current clothing, 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 competitors out there, starving for the success I've been lucky to protect. The world does not stand still, and I recognize 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 ultimately compelled to file personal insolvency. Two years after losing everything, Teeka rebuilt his wealth in the markets and went on to launch an effective hedge fund.