This chapter narrates the speaker's transformation from a socially anxious teenager to an ambitious stockbroker, exploring the exhilarating world of rave culture and investing. They share formative experiences that sparked their financial aspirations, including a successful early investment in British Telecom shares and their time at a high-pressure brokerage. The narrative reveals the intense atmosphere of the finance world, complete with quirky practices, drug-related pressures, and personal crossroads that highlight the costs of ambition.

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