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I love my career. I haven’t loved it at all times. Over the years it was tough. But over time I became more confident, the anxiety passed and I got into the interesting aspects of what I was doing. I got to enjoy it very much.
When I started in New York there was a banking partner who looked like Daddy Warbucks. Everyone was afraid to work for him because he was very demanding but would bring a few people into his sphere and develop them. His chief focus was on how to draft a contract. He would likely give you a poem to read to learn to be economical with words. He was tough. He would say: ‘I can’t follow it. The client won’t be able to either.’ That someone intimidating and good believed you were worth developing meant a lot. It made you work harder.
