The Crux of the Matter. - Posted by bill gatten
Posted by bill gatten on July 14, 2002 at 16:08:45:
I have read all the articles on Porter and have spoken in some depth with her ex-husband. My take on her is that she is an aggressive work-a-holic who found a niche that worked, and she was willing to stick with her model even when the going got rough. Maybe she just tried too hard to live a little too well too soon (I find myself with that same inclination at times).
Did she do wrong? The newspaper says so, and her ex says so…but ask yourself this question: What if she were to have taken, say, $1,000 from of the offering plate at church in full view of everyone in order to leverage it in a absolutely positive and safe "sure thing,? wioth a promise to replace it the next day with more: and then had replaced it with $5,000? Did she do wrong? Maybe…but would the press and her ex-husband and her pastor have been real tough on her for having done that? But what if in the same scenario everything had worked-out perfectly, but she were to have been robbed on the way back to the church?
In my opinion, the long and the short of it is simply that she made a decision to fly higher than she was capable of falling without injury, and she didn?t take along a parachute. A very bad move. Everyone I know (and know of) who has faced this kind of press and/or jail time seem to me to have been good people overall, who, instead of just collecting the golden eggs when they dropped, decided to squeeze their goose once too often (as it were). A couple too many Heimlichs on a goose like that will obviously cause it to start excreting more than just eggs.
No money down IS entirely possible. No credit qualifying is possible. Minimal (but never “no”) risk is completely possible. Getting rich consistently over a relatively brief period of time is possible (and feels real good). Making money off of other people’s problems is an excellent way to make a living?assuming that the service you provide is equal to the problems you’re resolving: unless, of course you think heart surgeons, firemen, policemen, proctologists…and attorneys?are all crooks (OK, 4 out of 5 isn’t bad).
My advice is this: Never fly any higher than you will be willing to fall, if you ever have to; and never fly any faster than the time it takes to get you to where you need to be.
Maybe Porter ?is? a good Christian after all…she died on the cross me: that’s for sure! Because of her errors in judgment, I’ll being trying like h… not to repeat her mistakes!
Bill Gatten