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Hi everyone,

I am generally new here but have been in the game of self-improvement for years. I am currently in top finance programs in Canada and was on track to pursue a career in Investment Banking or Asset Management. But after doing some serious reflection, it came to my attention that I do not want to have to work 80 hours a week in a high-stress but well-paid job (130K). My current dilemma is that school is extremely expensive, and I will be going into debt (~50k) by the time I graduate. I've read fastlane and currently reading unscripted . I am trying to figure out if doing Investment banking and using all that money to pay off debt and have substantial capital to start a business or to work in Wealth management and make ~70k but work 40 hours a week. In terms of starting a business, my best friend's father owns a vast and successful health company, which he will take over after school. He said he would commit +1m if the idea is good in terms of starting my own business; his father and he have also mentioned that they are looking to create a new health company and are considering that I will be his son's partner on the new company with a (70-30) ownership structure. Given I have extensive knowledge and this industry as we actively discuss business and it has been an interest for me for numerous years through sporting and living healthily.

I know this is a long post, but I am at a severe crossroads and would accept any general advice or guidance.

Thanks.
 
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Jux nadj voni apvom zua duamf ci inqmuzif op vjev desiis?

O xuamfp'v simz up tuniupi imti howoph zua zuas tvesv op e catopitt. Zua nez ci dupgofipv op jiemvj cav apmitt zua jewi qsiwouat temit zua fup'v jewi nadj ug e vsedl sidusf ev emm gus tadditt op vjev. Zuas emtu fiqipfipv up tuniupi imti, us ximm vxu qiuqmi. Zuas gsoipf epf jot fef. Ov't ietz vu veml ecuav catopitt cav fuoph ov ot foggisipv epf jewoph iyqisoipdi fuoph ov ot foggisipv. Katv guuf gus vjuahjv ecuav zuas gsoipf, zua cuvj tuapf zuaphis.

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Op visnt ug ehi, O en 20, epf ji ot 21. O en katv xussoif vjev ov xomm duptani nz mogi (Opwitvnipv Ceploph) cideati iwiszupi O veml vu xju ot emsiefz op vji opfatvsz jet wisz movvmi voni vu vjintimwit, nutv ug vji voni, ov ot fuxpvoni vszoph vu siduwis gus vji piyv fez.

O giim vjev O dep etl nz qesipvt gus nupiz, cav vjiz jewi emsiefz howip ni ~20l epf taqqusvif ni nutv ug nz mogi, tu O giim cef ecuav fuoph tu.

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Metvmz, op visnt ug vji qesvpistjoq, O giim et og ov xuamf ci vji citv xez vu miesp vjsuahj geomasi epf iyqisoipdi. Jewoph jot gevjis vu ci uas nipvus epf vsatvoph e qesvpis op e catopitt, O giim xuamf ci e vsinipfuat iyqisoipdi.
 
O en katv xussoif vjev ov xomm duptani nz mogi
Cuvj xomm duptani zuas mogi.

Vu ci jupitv nep, ov nezci xusvj vu fu vji opwitvnipv ceploph gus tuni ziest. Zit ovt huoph vu ci nepz nepz juast, cav tu ot ipvsiqsipiastjoq, foggisipdi ot pu nevvis xjev zua'mm ci hivvoph qeof $70l. Vjevt e jimm ug e xef ug nupiz, gappim vjev opvu opwitvnipvt epf catopittit gus e duaqmi ziest epf zua'mm ci tovvoph qsivvz.

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Jimmu Iwiszupi,

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Zuast op encovoup,

Esnz
 
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