Frankly speaking

Read from "Kerjaya" magazine. Last 2 months..
Title: Frankly speaking..
Story: Barry Potekin
Written: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Barry Potekin went from living in a mansion and buying custom-made shirts by the dozen to sleeping on a friend's sofa and not being able to buy a bagel. That sort of journey just has to be edifying. The real tragedy isn't falling from grace, as Potiken did. The real tragedy is not learning from the experience. A mistake remains a mistake if it's repeated; it becomes a stepping stone to success if we learn from it.
And as often happens, the circumstances of our failures make it possible for us to achieve real success. The things we learn about ourselves in defeat embolden us to reach for a goals we never dreamed of reaching. Potekin's early success as a gold and silver trader obscured the fact he was neither a particularly good businessperson nor a particularly good human being. It was only after he failed spectacularly that he could put the pieces back together in a way that made for a better, richer life. Small wonder that so many people who crash and burn. Barry Potekin included.