Tuesday, 27 August 2013

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5 lazy tips to succeed in finance
Aug 28th 2013, 02:30, by Grizzled Guru

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When I was thirteen years old, my mother handed me a book and told me that I should read one of the stories in it. "Son," she said, "here's your life plan."

The book was Robert Heinlein's Time Enough for Love and the story was The Tale of the Man Who Was Too Lazy to Fail. It was about a man who keeps consciously making lazy choices and yet somehow succeeds wildly at everything he does.

I quickly read the short story, shrugged, and handed her the book back. Then she told me not to be that lazy and to read the rest of the damn book.

At the time, I had no idea that my life would have strong parallels to this story. My mother was right. This was my master plan. I went to grad school because I didn't want to work for a living. I became a banker for the same reason.

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