The School of Financial and Business Reality

If our past experiences define our future, then clearly my life is one not meant for business. Specifically, financial success in business.

When I was 15, I naively spent all the capital granted to us for charity, and made a huge loss.

When I was 8, I had my first taste of entrepreneurship by offering my services to help my classmates buy the "cool" stuff they wanted but were unable to buy personally due to their parents' close surveillance. I failed to deliver.

From ages 12 through 13, I got caught up in the sale of digital music online and offered to buy and then burn songs my classmates wanted for a fee. Greed got to me pretty soon after.

Age 20, foolishly got scammed in an advance fee fraud case for several IT products. Wiped out half of my savings.

If I do continue doing business, will I ever taste success? Will I be able to look back one day and laugh, appreciating all the above experiences life has afforded me? Or will I just end up destitute and disillusioned?