Decision that made my entire career
Today I want to tell you about the moment everything shifted for me — the decision that made my entire career.
There was a point where I had two paths.
Play it safe, keep a Plan B, wait for certainty… or burn the boats and go all in on the life I actually wanted.
I chose the second path.
No backup plan.
No waiting for the “right time.”
I decided I’d rather be uncomfortable moving forward than comfortable standing still.
That one decision bled into everything.
I stopped sending timid applications and started positioning myself like someone who belonged in high finance.
I stopped hoarding notes and started having real conversations with people doing the work. I stopped treating interviews like exams and started showing commercial thinking and calm under pressure. Small changes, repeated daily, and the doors began to open.
Here’s what life on the other side actually feels like.
A few weeks ago, my brother-in-law had his wedding in Greece.
I didn’t have to think twice. I booked the flights, took my wife and my daughter, and just went.
No guilt.
No mental math about whether I could afford to be there or how to save couple hundred bucks by choosing cheaper hotel.
I could be fully present with my family, then come back to deals, momentum, and a career that builds on itself.
Bills don’t run my calendar anymore. I’m not just earning — I’m building.
That’s the underrated gift of breaking into the right seat in finance: once you’re in and performing, your comp curve starts compounding.
You feel new energy — secure enough to sleep well, ambitious enough to wake up hungry. And there’s no ceiling if you keep delivering.
That mix of security and upside changes how you carry yourself everywhere else in life.
I won’t pretend it happened overnight.
It took focused work and a period of chaos where I was learning fast and shipping imperfectly. But the catalyst wasn’t a secret algorithm.
It was the decision to act like the person I wanted to become, before everything felt ready.
If you’re hesitating because you’re worried it might be too late, or because AI will take all the high-paying roles, I recorded something for you that breaks down what’s actually changing and what isn’t. If this is on your mind, watch my new Youtube video about this here:
To your success, and see you there
Haaris
