This post was originally shared in my DT Email Newsletter here. I took one last look at my corporate desk. That was 2018. There was no turning back. But I knew there was a new adventure laying ahead of me. DT readers have asked me: “Willie, how did you find the courage to quit?” The thing is, burnt out pushed me out of my banking career. But what also made my decision possible were a few things I had quietly worked on for years. I had saved aggressively. I worked on growing my income in my 20s. I spent time learning about investing, reading whatever I could get my hands on, building a network of like-minded investors, and constantly looking out for good stock ideas. Because as your salary grows, the need to spend even more increases (I’ve learnt this quickly from my mentor early on, who used to be an IPO hedge fund manager –...