25 Apr 2025 · 1 min
Gerald Sheff, a wealth-management veteran, explains how an unexpected detour into architecture led him to create his firm Gleskin Chef and shaped his approach to managing money. He credits much of his success to luck and timing, with many breakthroughs happening by accident.
Today on the Limited podcast, we speak with wealth management legend Jerry Schaff. We talk about how being an architect led to the formation of Gleskin Chef.
I didn't know anything about architecture. I thought, well, it's something I don't know anything about. So I didn't know. I didn't want to be one. So I thought, well, maybe I'll become one. And I did become an architect. They thought I knew something, and I didn't tell them. I didn't.
Building a differentiated company.
Anybody who would call themselves Cadillac is probably. Probably a Chevron Life. Doing nothing is often the best thing to do. Okay. Because if you do something, you have to do it right. Twice. You can't time the mark.
And the importance of luck and timing to one's success.
Like all things in life, that was accident. Luck. So again, we were lucky. Lucky. And again, I'm lucky as a failure. But like many things in life, some of the best things that happened are just luck. Everything that came before brought me to this good place.
The good, the bad, and the other. Let's go. That's.
Yours, I think, ira. That is ira gluston calling me right now. And I just.
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