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2. Offer feedback or advice only if it’s asked for. Nothing infuriates people
more than feedback they did not ask for . . . even if it’s feedback they know

they need. As that ancient bit of wisdom goes, “Don’t teach pigs to sing. It
wastes your time and it annoys the pig.”

3. Con men will tell you what you want to hear rather than tell you what
you need to hear. Con men prey on the mentally uninformed and
emotionally weak. They will tune in to where you are weak, and then they
will craft a marketing message that matches that weakness. In the world of

money, con men have gotten the masses to believe that diversification and
living below your means is smart, even though the smartest investors such
as Warren Buffett do not diversify and do not recommend living below your
means.

Buffett lives at his standard of living, which is very different than
Donald Trump’s standard of living. Warren Buffett lives in Omaha,
Nebraska, and Donald Trump lives in New York City. The point is, both
men have the means to live anywhere in the world and at any standard of

living they want to live at. They are happy where they are.
More important questions are:

• Are you living where you want to live and at the standard of living

you want to live at?
• Are you diversifying and living below your means so that con men
can live above their means?
• Are you associating with friends and people you want to be

associated with?

If you want to become healthier, smarter, richer, and happier, pay closer
attention to your own feedback. It is offering you the most important

information in the world. Regardless of whether you like your feedback or
not, if you have the courage to listen to it and learn from it, you will
succeed. Thank you for reading this book.