Having It All, Losing It All

“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”

- Oscar Wilde

While we easily spout truisms like “money doesn’t make you happy”, most people still secretly desire to be rich and wonder what it would be like to own a private jet, have homes on every continent, and rub shoulders with the rich and famous.

Yet the more you have, the more you stand to lose. While money is hard to earn, it is even harder to lose. And when you are rich, the losses come hard. Not everybody can deal with that possibility. Can you?

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