But I offered to work for totally free. 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 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 dining establishment in Queens, New York. In the meantime, I got accredited to become a broker. Gradually but surely, I increased 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 started and ran my own worldwide hedge fund for a decade.
However I have not forgotten what it seems like to not have sufficient money for groceries, let alone the bills. I keep in mind going days without consuming so I could make the lease and electric expense. I remember what it was like growing up with absolutely nothing, while everyone else had the most recent clothes, devices, 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, hungry for the success I've been fortunate to secure. The world doesn't stand still, and I realize I can't either. I love 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 compelled to submit personal bankruptcy. Two years after losing everything, Teeka rebuilt his wealth in the markets and went on to introduce an effective hedge fund.