EP091 - LIFE IN THE MARKETS - BLADES WILLIAMSON

Imagine being a teenager from London with zero world experience and being thrust into the frantic and sometimes crazy world of broking and trading in the late 1970s across the pond in New York.   This week we sat down with Blades Williamson, a man who rose through the ranks and spent time working on positions such as High Yield Cash and Credit Derivative plus Emerging Market Repo Brokers in New York, London, Tokyo, and LA.   We talk about the money, the expense accounts, the drinking, the 60-70-80 hour working weeks, and getting trades the wrong way round.   Plus we talk about the other side of a hectic career where you feel dread going into work and the imposter syndrome, which maybe never leaves you.   And, the thing we both agreed on, is that when you leave the markets, you miss the camaraderie of spending 200+ hours a month at your desk with a load of other guys and it’s one of the things that is near impossible to replicate when it's gone.   So when you are ready, sit back with a coffee for an enthralling talk.   Thanks to Blades for his time and great contribution to the Whole Man Academy.   Also, men, if you haven't already, join the hundreds of guys around the world who are reading our game-changing weekly eLetter.     Just hit www.wholemanacademy.com/movement to get onboard.   And remember, the world needs strong men.   Live epic.