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There are rules -- Object of the game -- All things being equal -- Roll of the dice -- Passing GO -- Rule of opportunity -- Facing reality and paying your debts -- Mortgaging the future -- Vigilance -- Random walk -- Taxman cometh -- On sitting it out -- Virtue of shortage -- Let's talk -- Going once... -- Kicking over the bench -- And then there are your rules -- Real object of the game -- Psych -- Gain the world and lose your soul? -- Hell is for nice guys -- Cornering corporate karma -- Luck is the residue of design -- Smartest properties to own -- Dumbest properties to own -- Cash cows and old sows -- Pit of vanity -- Start-up strategies -- Turning the corner -- Winning the endgame -- Limit of greed.