Rules of Life, The, 4th Edition

RULE 20

Don’t be afraid to dream

This may seem incredibly obvious, incredibly easy, but you would be surprised how many people seriously limit their dreams. They’re your dreams for heaven’s sake. There should be no limit to them. Plans have to be realistic; dreams don’t.

I worked in the casino business for many years and was always intrigued that ‘punters’ (what we should really call ‘customers’) could never see it: that they would always lose because they wouldn’t limit their losses but would always limit their winnings. Don’t ask me why. I guess addicted gamblers are seriously not well. They’d go in with the right attitude – ‘I’ll just lose this fiver and then pack it in’. Result: they’d lose the fiver and cash a cheque to chase it. Then ...