PRINCIPLE 5
MONEY MATTERS
As a 20-year-old intern at Goldman Sachs, soaking in the wonders of Wall Street culture, I was naturally terrified by my superiors. One of the senior leaders in my division, whom I’ll call Pat, would walk up and down the trading floor and, as if choreographed perfectly, the moment he would walk by, everyone would look down or pick up a phone in order to appear very busy concentrating on being amazing at their jobs. An ex–soccer player, Pat would swagger up and down the aisles, using various intimidation tactics to make sure everyone knew he was the top dog. He once told me never to look him in the eyes. Another time he asked me what I thought of his Rolex watch, and when I started to reply, he simply told me, “Shut ...
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