I'm invested in about 13 private companies. I've advised probably another 50 private companies.
If you spend a lot of energy on things that are wastes of time, then you waste energy, get sick, and die faster.
Games are all about taking risks.
Do what you do with love, and success is a natural symptom.
Buying coffee on the street instead of in a Starbucks is the poor man's way to get rich. In other words, you will never get rich by scratching out ten cents from your dollar.
I'm scammed almost every day. Or, if not scammed, at the very least someone tries to scam me. Usually more than once a day.