Guest Micheal Zigmont, Dartmouth ’96, characterizes his college self as having been lost without even really knowing it. Graduating without a job was the manifestation of that. After six months living in his parents’ house, temping, he decided to try to land an analyst position on Wall Street, which he did. A quick test of the dot com world to make sure the grass wasn’t greener on the other side showed it wasn’t and he went right back to finance as though nothing happened. As he never burned his bridges on the way out, he found he was able to go back to familiar surroundings frequently.

What wasn’t familiar was the feeling one Saturday morning when his muscles on one side of his body started cramping unexpectedly and he felt extremely drunk. At 38, as a person in good health with zero risk factors, he suffered a sudden and rather inexplicable stroke. And even quicker than a financial boom and bust cycle, the stroke symptoms went away almost as quickly as they had occurred, again almost as though nothing happened.

In this episode, find out from Ziggy how sometimes being accepting of what is and moving on is the best and only option …on ROADS TAKEN...with Leslie Jennings Rowley.

About This Episode's Guest

Michael “Ziggy” Zigmont, has over two decades of Wall Street experience with multiple companies, some even multiple times. He is currently with Harvest Volativity Management, where he is Partner and Head of Trading and Research. At 38, as a person in good health with zero risk factors, he suffered a sudden and rather inexplicable stroke. He wanted to share the details of his story with our listeners so that we all have some point of reference should we or our loved ones experience the same symptoms. For more information on Stroke Symptoms—including the FAST acronym for Face Drooping, Arm Weakness, Speech Difficulty, and Time to Call 911—visit the American Stroke Association.

Executive Producer/Host: Leslie Jennings Rowley

Music: Brian Burrows

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Email the show at RoadsTakenShow@gmail.com

Find more episodes at https://roadstakenshow.com

Executive Producer/Host: Leslie Jennings Rowley

Music: Brian Burrows

Email the show at RoadsTakenShow@gmail.com

Stroke of Luck: Michael Zigmont on accepting what is and moving on

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