| Although you would think most business is done by | | | | liking him are not good. Did you think that your |
| contracts and contracts rule the world, however you | | | | freshman roommate was a pain, multiply the |
| will quickly discover that there are people called | | | | annoyance of that person by 100x. |
| lawyers and they are overpriced. Therefore, if you | | | | Even more important than avoiding prison is that you |
| rip someone off for $10,000 or possibly more, you | | | | will die someday and people will remember you in |
| are most likely not going to get sued. It is just not | | | | certain aspects. If you led an unethical career, that is |
| worth it for the party who got taken. Business is | | | | the first thing that people will say about you. At best, |
| done by trust. Both parties have to trust each other | | | | they may say something like, "Even though he had |
| and, although they sign a contract, a lot of business | | | | some bad morals, I still liked the person." Does this |
| is done by a handshake. Nobody is going to come | | | | sound good to you? Understand that the money that |
| after you for $5,000. Well, most people will not. | | | | looks so glamorous and that you see on television |
| I know someone who went to jail because he stole | | | | such as Bernie Madoff's yachts in the South of |
| money from the company which he was working for. | | | | France don't mean a thing if you don't earn it. Not a |
| He was a "whiz kid" in the industry in which he was | | | | single thing. |
| in. He was able to steal millions of dollars. Let me | | | | Have you ever been ripped off? Even for something |
| assure you of this, if you steal from a company, | | | | like $10? I'm sure you have. How did it make you |
| you're not going to get away with it. That's what the | | | | feel? I was taken for over $15,000 before. It was |
| IRS, FBI and accountants are for. I spent a weekend | | | | not a fun feeling. You feel sort of stupid. Would you |
| with this person among other people. Now that he is | | | | want to make somebody feel this way? Would you |
| out of prison, he has used his skills to become very | | | | label that person a thief? Would you like to be |
| successful in another industry. Though, his personality | | | | known by that noun? You must ask yourself these |
| is a little off. You can notice this right away. Prison | | | | questions. You're about to go into a career and you |
| changed him somehow. | | | | want to make money. I was so hung up on it as well. |
| Prison is not a fun place and that theory that you | | | | I started by business when I was 25 and I once did |
| have heard about "Club Fed" is not a club at all. It is a | | | | not pay $1,000 to someone. I was too in love with |
| prison and you spend most of your day locked up in | | | | the money. As I got older and more mature, it made |
| a cell. You have a cellmate whom you don't choose. | | | | me feel badly. I felt like something was wrong. I paid |
| So, you spend your time with this person 16 hours a | | | | it back two years later. |
| day. This person is a criminal. The odds of you really | | | | |