The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson
Leave yourself an out; take your shot; avoid excessive caution
In the discussion (3)
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- The identity/destiny and going-bust maxims are read, with agreement on busting; always leaving an out prompts the Watson-contract analogy and a joking fallback-employer line.
- The fate of failed risk-takers, not letting a sucker retain money, risking what is in the pot, the women-as-rake phrase and excessive caution become examples. The rake phrase is explicitly controversial and deferred.
- Another favorite is the cold line about seeing a mark and taking them down, interpreted as preying on weakness.