Well, let’s take a shot at illustrating some, otherwise, evident facts of “real life”. (“Real life” means something completely different and unforgivingly unforgiving compared to our “wannabe” life.). Fact one: “Recklessness” is not an “accident” Fact two: “Lying” is not “just business” Fact three: “Paying” is not actually “losing” Fact four: “Luck” is not “accidental”

1. The four misconceptions leading to failure:
“Recklessness”, “lying”, “paying” and “luck”
Well, let’s take a shot at illustrating some, otherwise, evident facts of “real life”. (Henceforth “real
life” meaning something completely different and unforgivingly unforgiving compared to our
“wannabe” life.)
Fact one: “Recklessness” is not an “accident”
Take a really hard look at the following educative illustration:
Now, call me a liar but didn’t you just think “accident” when you saw this? I bet you did. Well, in
“real life” (as described above), this is called “recklessness”. The guy that drove this car or the
guy that was driving the car opposite him or the guy that fixed the brakes or the guy in the
factory assembly or ... - any of these guys did NOT just pay the necessary ATTENTION to the
task at hand.

2. Fact two: “Lying” is not “just business”
Lying is NOT a good way to do business. It
is NOT. There is a crystal clear explanation
for this fact: Lying is the tool that often
people use when they want to avoid
unpleasant situations. What is really
interesting to observe is that people who lie
do it systematically. Very quickly they
believe that they take the easy way to
money. In fact, really easy money comes
with a product or a service that offers real
value to customers - the difficult part is to
make such a product. Lying about the value
of your product is a one-way ticket to
business hell. That is mainly because lying
will “eat” you alive, you will be “damned” to
live in your “virtual reality” thinking you are
“the smartest of all”, until the moment the mask drops, and then you drop - big time. In fact,
such a fall is already here: people that lie cannot kid … themselves. They simply know that they
are liars, so, deep in their hearts, they do not respect themselves. It does not get lower than not
respecting yourself.
Note: This segment is focused on lying because, lying is this little devil people tend to forgive
while conducting business. That is exactly what makes it so dangerous. Luckily, the business
communities (still) maintain effective reflexes for people that break off a deals, take back their
word and the like.
Fact three: “Paying” is not actually “losing”
Giving is a bliss. Almost in any situation the word “giving” brings to our minds noble things like
“helping”, like “offering”, like “contributing” and many more similar ones. In “real life” the art of
giving brings back the equally positive impact to the giver no matter what the subject of “giving”
is. And, you guessed it right, that applies when you “give” money. When you “pay” or “invest”.
Sadly, most of us consider giving money as losing money. And, this is a major contributing
factor for the mediocrity of most of us. Quite simply, we get to keep “our money” with us as long
as possible, so money do not circulate, so business do not flourish. It is as simple as this.

3. And, there is (much) more: For the real business people (as an analog to “real life” described
above) to take the initiative to invest in a business area is the excellent business move of being
able to set the board where other people will play chess on. On your board.
And there is (much much) more: For the real business “gurus” a.k.a. “the richest people on
earth” the art of giving has been the very “in” thing to do. And, please don’t tell me that these
folks don’t have another zillion ways to avoid the tax office. Don’t be so naive. The human race
is (still) in the healthy position to acknowledge the nobility of philanthropy. The richest guy on
earth is saving millions of African kids from malaria as we speak. And he knows a bit more
about wealth than any of us, don’t you think? Maybe he knows this: “the more you give the more
shall you receive”
Fact four: “Luck” is not “accidental”
Luckily, (sic) Lucius Annaeus Seneca saves me on this one, as he put it excellently in his
quotation: “Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity”. Now, the interesting thing about
this awesome (and so “real life”) statement is that we are free to replace the word “preparation”
with any other word suitable to carry the burden of such a strong statement. You can replace it
with “hard work”, with “smart thinking”, with “dedication” to name a few good replacements.

4. But even more interesting is to see the whole quote in reverse. It actually says that “luck” does
not come to the “unprepared”. Without preparation there is not luck. Hence “luck”, my dear
friends, is just not “accidental” (...!!!). You “awesome” and “unique” guys have to get prepared
for it. You act about it and it may come! “Sitting around” waiting for “luck” just won’t do the trick.
There you have it then: “The four misconceptions leading to failure: “Recklessness”, “lying”,
“giving” and “luck””.
It is time for me to go now, and for you to spend some serious time in front of your mirror.
Cheerio.