I have to share this story from Gladwells book. Its one of the best Ive ever heard. There was a young boy who grew up in a working class neighborhood. Everyone thought the boy was an idiot because he had a learning disability. This led to the boy acting out. In 4th grade the teacher put him under the desk, brought in the chair trapping him and started to kick him. He forced his way out and decked her. This led to him being kicked out of elementary school. His mother admits she just hoped that he would graduate from high school. He managed to finish undergraduate at American University as a less than average student. He got a job selling aluminum siding....he convinced his boss to give him a day off and he went to NYC to the commodities exchange on Wall Street. He dreamed of being a trader and he wanted more than anything to get a job interview. He waited outside the pits all day and at the end of the day a trader was leaving yelling over his shoulder Im off to La Guardia will call you from the airport This young 23 year old alumnium siding sales man asked if he could share the cab to the airport. He knew he would have an hour to try to pitch for a job. As it turns out the trader was just given the responsibility to build a new options group. The salesman convinced him he was a trader and got a job interview. Over the weekend he studied and on Tuesday he had an interview and on Wednesday he had a job as a options trader with Goldman Sachs. That guy with the moxie to fight for what he wanted is the President of Goldman Sachs. Get Gladwells book. Read it. Youll be glad you did. I just gave my copy away today again to a student from Somalia. I told him never go anywhere without a book!
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 01:06:50 +0000