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Teneshia J. Warner

Founder, CEO and Chief Creative Officer of EGAMI Group

How I Discovered What It Means to Be Driven by My Passion and Not Finances
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How I Discovered What It Means to Be Driven by My Passion and Not Finances

From my childhood through the early days of my career, one carrot always loomed clearly in the distance: money. Growing up, my family earned a modest income, so we always had to be extremely financially conscious with every decision. So after graduating college, I thrilled my grandmother when I snapped up a position as project manager for IBM Global Services and plunged myself into the "security" of a corporate job. I gave it all the dedication and passion I could, but every day I felt myself be