You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. —JON KABAT-ZINN “Cut short your losses, and let your profits run on.” That’s The Rule. That’s Larry. I also want my grandchildren and their generation to see that many more things are possible if you make the right bets—not only in your money life but in your love life too. Bets are just choices we make. I was born to a lower middle-class family, had a major learning disability, did poorly in school, and was nearly blind (completely blind in one eye and half-blind in the other). I was not handsome. I was not athletic. Today, I am a self-made multimillionaire. How did I do it? I made a bet on myself and won. You can absolutely do this too. The real question is, “Who did I write this book for?” It’s for the overweight girl who did not get invited to the high school prom. It’s for the last guy never chosen for a baseball game. You know, that hurts a lot when you are a kid. It’s for the star athlete too—because somewhere he, to