,

$640.

That was the monthly wage offered by my first job in the real world.

And from the first day on the first job I wanted more.

Next job up the ladder paid more?

I applied.

Different sector of financial services paid more?

I switched sectors.

Distribution pays better than retail?

I'm moving to distribution.

Firm B pays better basis points than Firm A.

I'll take the leap.

Until one day, the insatiable urge to make more intersects with the realization that, at some point, our happiness stays stationary, despite our best efforts to advance it through, in this example, money.

Welcome to The Hedonic Treadmill.

Our wholesaling careers afford us so much - and the never ending quest for additional dollars can simply leave us out of breath, and in the same place that we started.

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As we near the end of Q1, how's your Career Year 2019 shaping up?

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Rob

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