The Rules of Money: How to Make It and How to Hold on to It, Expanded Edition (Gal Zentner's Library) by Richard Templar

Author:Richard Templar
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FT Press
Published: 2012-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

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Rule 53. Don’t Believe You Can Always Win

There is a whole list of things and people you can’t beat, so it might be best to be cautious around them. They include the bookies (and anyone else trying to take money off you for gambling—casino owners, card sharks, race tracks, online gambling websites, and so on), the IRS, speed cameras, the government, your mother, the police, your kids, and death.

Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, was sued by the authors of another book, Holy Blood, Holy Grail, as they believed he had plagiarized their work. They lost. They lost big time. They lost somewhere in the region of $1.75 million, including costs.

They probably believed quite sincerely in the merits of their case, but did anybody tell them they were unlikely to win? It’d be fascinating to know whether anybody advised them not to proceed as they would probably lose....

The reason to be very cautious in your dealings with bookies, lawyers, accountants and such is that they have knowledge you don’t. They are holders of secrets that can enable them (if they so choose) to make money out of you purely because of your ignorance.

And don’t go getting all moralistic on me and trying to change the system. These are facts of life. Live with them. Work them. You won’t get rid of them. You can’t beat the bookies—or the odds—so don’t go trying or attempting to get rid of them on the grounds that they are making money out of the poor, innocent, and gullible public. Trouble is, the poor, innocent, gullible public walk in there with their wallets open crying, “Help yourself.” And then complain they are broke, no one gives them a chance, life isn’t fair, no one likes me, it’s not my fault, there ought to be a law against it, and so on. Remember that there are sharks out there. So don’t bleed.

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