http://www.adamandtiffy.com/blog/if-by-rudyard-kipling http://www.adamandtiffy.com/blog/if-by-rudyard-kipling If you can make one heap of all your winnings And

http://www.adamandtiffy.com/blog/if-by-rudyard-kipling http://www.adamandtiffy.com/blog/if-by-rudyard-kipling If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; -Rudyard Kipling I've recently seen this as a challenge to keep pushing forward even after you've had great success. This is similar to PG's challenge of investing his hard earned money. He had a heap of his winnings. He could store the cash in a bank and forget it or risk it (intelligently of course). The author IMO implies by saying to start over undeterred by loss or defeat that it's better to take the chance than to hang on the sidelines. I do doubt that Paul would "never breathe a word of his loss" after all they didn't have the internet back then :) Thanks for the essay.