From Wall Street to the university: Professing what you love and know

Education and AcademiaProfessional and Corporate
Written By Stuart McNish

Guest: Eli Joseph (Instructor at Columbia University, NYU, and UCLA)

Eli Joseph wears many hats – he is a university instructor at three institutions (Columbia, NYU, and UCLA), public speaker, and author. Even though teaching takes up the bulk of his time, he sees each speech as a unique challenge and each book as his “down time.”

The path to this type of life was far from a straight line. He thought he was going to be a pharmacist, but instead got into Wall Street, business administration and finance, and eventually into academia.

He believes that being able to profess and apply what you love is key, to spread what he knows and share his ideas.

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