Thread by @hectorguatemala

After 1 decade in corporate sphere, the 4.2.2023 Asia/futures open marked a new quarter & beginning.

>TLDR: so thankful, for so many friends in ag, food, nutrition, healthcare, banking, & wealth; from interns up to exec. committees, BoDs, & shareholders in each continent<

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Now there is 1 city that sparked dreams and always brings clarity that brings consequences.

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-‘98: a $25 Boston bus Times Square drop-off marks 1st visit ever; 1-day WTC-Statue of Liberty-Wall St. tour incepts a dream virus of a career idea = all markets : all the time
-‘00… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

-Dec ’02-May ‘08: my Bloomberg at 800 Nicollet is a portal into HY + EM + IG + nascent CDS + endless high-vol trades, many vivid 20 years later…
+DAL & NWA go Ch.11, both, same day, in ’05; GM/F junk; Delphi/TXU/Univision (~13x) leveraged buyouts
+great idea-terrible trade… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

-’08-’10 @KelloggSchool during GFC: Toigo on Wall St. June ‘08 + intern offer Nov ’08 at 1Chase + 72 work days straight as ’09 intern = ideal pre-season

-‘10-12: M at #CreditSuisse + me @jpmorgan, with no time for Us in 720sq-ft Hell’s Kitchen apt, yet both learning to LOVE the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@KelloggSchool @jpmorgan -‘12-‘19: corporate learning trips of Prime BoD w/Pilar & Andy + TRM2.0 w/GJ, JoeS & crew = relative performance rules

-March 4-5 ‘20: as covid snowballs, 383M-200West-WeWorkHQ friends counsel wisely & by time I leave Gen @StanMcChrystal's office on Fri. 3.6.20 for IAD-MSP, M &… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@KelloggSchool @jpmorgan @StanMcChrystal -January ’23: 1st visit in 3 years and Bryant Park gives brutal transparency, both around a big table near the skyline & way below on the ice rink.

As M holds me up for my 1st skate ever, we both know time is up = in the focus, I’ll be something better yet

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For the 10 years of 2013-23, each uniquely non-fungible & never boring, 3 organizations gave me executive skates to go fast, build team of teams, all with plenty of jumps & falls, and for that I’ll be forever thankful to all the global teams in:
Green
Orange
Red/Blue (3Xs… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Appendix 2:
Album titles for each?
-Green: meaningful work & meaningful relationships through radical truth & radical Transparency^^

-Orange: start with why (Mike Z) & facts 1st (JG)

-Red/Blue: work Hard on Hard things (MJ/ET)
 
^^Ray Dalio at Dealbook NY 2014 =… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…