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I opened my first investment company locally and hired a few people to work for me. One of them was a young man named Lionel, only 25 years old. According to his self-introduction, he had already achieved financial freedom through his investment skills. He came to work because he felt that going it alone was boring and wanted to find someone to team up with to conquer the world. On his first interview, he thoroughly researched my online track record. Then he said to me, “I admire your style. With such an interesting boss like you, I think my work will be very interesting.” I raised an eyebrow, “Thank you for the compliment. I’m glad to have you on board.” At the time, I didn’t realize he was a big deal; I just thought he was highly knowledgeable, beyond his years. Over the next year, we collaborated on several groundbreaking projects that shocked the world. One time, we took a calculated risk, accurately predicting the opponent’s every move, and successfully took down a mar