How not to be fooled by tales of wealth
A Life / / December 19, 2019
Motivational book next billionaire will not surprise anybody. But sometimes the facts and stories reach the point of absurdity. To distinguish what is true and what is false, it is not too difficult. It's enough to understand what is the role of luck in the success of the protagonist.
Do not take seriously the typical stories
Our today's hero will be three characters. To begin, consider only two. First name is Ivan, who from childhood was very mischievous, constantly truant from school, taking the money in a computer club. Vani fate turned so that the institution he joined, but, unfortunately, it is not finished. And then all of the standard.
We all know this kind of history: "I threw Institute, opened his business and became rich." Just not always the case. Take such stories seriously is clearly not worth it.
Easy and stable wealth - it's fantastic
The second character - Petya. Unlike Vanya, he was obedient, studied hard, went to medical school and become a dentist. The last 20 years Peter drill teeth and gets decent money.
Petya and Vanya live in a prestigious area of business class. Only Peter bought an apartment in mortgage and largely limits itself. For example, instead of a luxury German car had to buy a low-cost sedan. These details are often overlooked in these success stories.
Check the likelihood of occurrence of the event
In assessing the likelihood of success of these heroes comes the fun part. Most outcomes Peter could lose a little. Let us assume that it would be difficult to find a good clinic and move up the career ladder. In the end, Peter would live mediocre, having a cheap apartment and car. Yet it would be a roof over your head. A chance to be on the street at the Petit extremely small.
Vanya situation is quite different. Throwing his studies, he went to take the risk. In many Vanya outcomes could turn out to be another homeless or live the rest of life on extremely low salary. Of course, we do not take into account the rich relatives or other factors that affect the outcome.
This does not mean that we should not risk it. Many wealthy people are just about the risk and say in his memoirs. But no one now will not do to put his apartment at stake in the roulette. In other words, with the same success among rich people are unskilled workers who won the lottery. Such people have even written books that have become bestsellers.
What should believe
Proceed to the third character by the name of Michael, which has become a very successful entrepreneur and also lives in the neighborhood with Vanya and Petya.
History Misha is different in that it has absorbed all the best from Vanya and Petya. Misha whole life was a very hard-working, despite the fact that he grew up not far from a poor family. Michael studied hard, went to college outside of school time, he worked to get start-up capital for their first business. It was not easy, but Michael coped as best he could.
In addition, Michael sought dialogue with successful entrepreneurs. He was interested in what they are doing and what their mindset. After graduating from the institute, Michael still continued to work, but after a few years was able to open a decent business project and attract more investments on its development.
Misha risked nothing more than Peter, but also had the chance to get no worse result than Vanya.
The moral is that many wealthy entrepreneurs are very lucky. Some of them are too risky and could end his life is not the best way. No wonder they say that 9 out of 10 novice businessmen go bankrupt. But there are those who really deserve their success. They should admire, because they control the risks and have been working hard.