My wife, who usually does not read financial stuff, thinks that this article is superb. Thus I decided to share the same with my readers.
For all financial addicts out there, this article could just change your life. Take a moment and give a complete read to it. I think it's a superb life experience out there.
IN my last year on Wall Street my bonus was $3.6 million — and I was angry because it wasn’t big enough. I was 30 years old, had no children to raise, no debts to pay, no philanthropic goal in mind. I wanted more money for exactly the same reason an alcoholic needs another drink: I was addicted.
Eight years earlier, I’d walked onto the trading floor at Credit Suisse First Boston to begin my summer internship. I already knew I wanted to be rich, but when I started out I had (Read more...)
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