MY STORY
My name is Tamara Lashchyk, Tami for short. I’m the founder of TDL International.
Prior to starting my company, I myself was an executive in one of the toughest industries, Wall Street. For 26 years, I clawed my way up the ranks in the pressure cooker of high finance.
For the most part, it was a thrill ride, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. The stories alone made it all worth it. I even documented some of them in my book as lessons in navigating the pitfalls of corporate politics.
Towards the end of my corporate career, the luster wore off. I no longer felt inspired by the job. Regardless, each day I still went to work ready to bite the ass of a bear.
In the end the bear won.
In 2019 my boss fired me just two days before she left for retirement.
Failure to take my own advice did me in. I warned in my book to NEVER get into a PISSING CONTEST with your BOSS. Hubris got the better of me and with a quintessential Wall Street F’ You, I decided to walk away from the industry.
I longed for something different. In pursuit of autonomy, I chose entrepreneurship. That’s when I started my own company, TDL International.
Once I did, the journey was far from over. It was just the start of what became a road of exponential growth and evoluton. The lessons I learned were not only priceless.
I’m no longer the person I once was. I see the world in a whole new light.
And now I’m sharing what I’ve learned others so they too can live a life filled passion.