Inspiring memoir of one man's struggle with success, failure, family and addiction. Follow author from when he joins the Chicago Board of Trade as a 17 year old runner to becoming a millionaire broker - addicted to drugs and alcohol and planning his suicide. Striving for a father's approval, Jim's inspiring story shows that instead of being victims of the past, we can make peace with it and take control of our future.
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I read this book over the course of 3 days, taking every spare moment to get a few more pages in. The story is told first-person, is always interesting and always moving, not one dull moment throughout. I could appreciate where he was coming from with respect to the big Irish family background, the problems that come w/ dysfunction in everyday family life, the want of a parent's attention and approval. What this book does is teach you to slow down, stop blaming others/family/parents/jobs, and to look within yourself for the reasons you do what you do, look inside for your happiness. It takes a higher-thinking person to stop the roller coaster and take a deep breath, live by their convictions, to actually HAVE convictions. Am especially impressed that he could look so deeply as to leave the multi-million dollar lifestyle and realize money isn't the root of happiness, that health, family, friends are the root; choosing your convictions and living by them makes us happy. This book is highly recommended, and because this is my first amazon review of any book i've ever read, that is testimonial to this book's great message, this author's compelling story.
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On September 7th 1979, 1 walked onto the chaos of the trading floor in the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the first time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
trade checker, bond pit, rage reduction, broker assistant, corn pit, assistant floor manager, office traders, phone clerk, trading pit, grain floor, bond room, grain room, south room, independent broker Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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On September 7th 1979, 1 walked onto the chaos of the trading floor in the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the first time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
trade checker, bond pit, rage reduction, broker assistant, corn pit, assistant floor manager, office traders, phone clerk, trading pit, grain floor, bond room, grain room, south room, independent broker Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pink Floyd, Martial Arts, Union Plaza, Las Vegas, Bob Laser, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Morgan Stanley, Rob Ahrens, San Francisco, Tom Dittmer New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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