However I used to work for totally free. The hiring supervisor admired that and provided me a job. I worked 60 hours a week. I only made money for 29 hours, so they could prevent 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 restaurant in Queens, New York City. In the meantime, I got certified to become a broker. Slowly but 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 decade.
But I haven't forgotten what it feels like to not have adequate money for groceries, not to mention the bills. I remember going days without eating so I might make the lease and electric costs. I remember what it resembled growing up with nothing, while everyone else had the newest clothing, gizmos, and toys.
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When I seem like taking my foot off the accelerator, I advise myself that there are countless driven rivals out there, starving for the success I've been fortunate to protect. The world doesn't stall, and I understand I can't either. I love my work, but 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 insolvency. Two years after losing everything, Teeka rebuilt his wealth in the markets and went on to introduce a successful hedge fund.