The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Business is compared to gambling, highlighting the irony of how they view each other.
- In plain terms
- Regular businesses look down on gambling even though both involve risk.
- What can you take from it?
- All business involves some level of risk.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What risks do you take?
- Is business just gambling?
Another view
It oversimplifies the difference between risk and luck.
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