Episode Details

I remember standing in a brokerage HR room watching a senior broker brag about raising $15–$20 million in a day. The truth came out fast. Junior brokers washed out, and he absorbed their accounts—$3 million here, $5 million there. No mentoring. Just consolidation.

That moment showed me how growth really worked in that environment. Advancement wasn't about teaching or ethics. It was about surviving long enough to take someone else's book. That realization shaped the bad decisions that followed.

If you're under investigation, understand the system you're in—and how incentives work.
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