Thats why its a great fucking book/story. We can learn much from others failures. Emulate the right and rid the wrong.
Moron. He lived in luxury all in his life since he was 17 or so... I wanna be such a failure... P.S.: You can only blow away a fortune if you made it first...
Good points, electron. These people often have enormous egos. That can keep them going, but sooner or later it will contribute to their failure. Others are plainly dishonest with themselves or even deranged. Big Mike is the most prominent recent addition to this group of people. That's the guy who blew gobs of money as a trader and suddenly felt called to spread his trading "wisdom" with the masses. The word "dishonesty" does not even begin to describe this guy. He lives in an echo chamber surrounded by other losers like him some of whom are also dream peddlers (vendors of questionable repute). His whole forum is infested with them, but that's the safest company for him. Any other company would force him to face reality.