DON’T GET HOOKED

So many of you forget that there is a whole world outside of stocks. There are countless things to do with idle time than try to trick your neighbor into selling his shares to you at a discounted value. The allure of wealth and freedom is too much for many of you to bear. It poisons your minds to do stupid things. As a result, you end up losing vast sums of dollars, broke, ruined, a naked forked radish.

To quote a great man: it’s the baseless fabric of a vision that will be your undoing.

Avarice and greed are deadly components that can easily ruin a perfectly good life. Do you really need all of that money, or simply want it?

My old mentor was the most gluttonous person that I’ve ever met. He drove Ferraris and wore 250k watches, bragging about his wealth and making sure his homofied condo in NYC was adorned with fresh flowers three times per week. One day, while on vacation, he took the sun at a beach, a private one no doubt. Apparently he had a neck cramp and exhibited signs of discomfort. What a shame!

One of the fellow, well-to-do, vacationers witnessed his discomfort and asked if he could help. As luck would have it, my mentor was sun bathing on a private beach with a well-to-do chiropractor. The chiropractor asked that he lay face down in the sand, in order to properly reposition his spine. How wonderful!

“Snap, crackle, pop,” and his neck was broken. After six months of rigorous rehabilitation, my mentor was ready to Eddie Barzoon his way across the country again, wheeling and dealing to his hearts delight.