Straight to Hell

Grace is an illiquid distressed asset that trades by appointment.

Just a few hours earlier, I had been in a bar in Hong Kong with a group of friends, all of whom were finance guys. Although markets had recovered from the bowels of the financial crisis, the summer of 2011 was still a tumultuous time

“Goldman fucking Sachs. Ever heard of it?”

“Hope is a poor hedge.”

Wall Street operates in its own reality. Assimilate or die.

rom my experience, Wall Street generally attracts people with a certain mentality. It then takes those people, breaks them down, and molds them to suit its singular purpose—making money

In my mind, this is my movie scene moment and I am Ryan Gosling. In reality, I am more like Seth Rogen.

I learned this lesson of not displaying weakness a long time ago in London.

This is when I internalized the number one rule of life: “Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.”