Turning Failure into Wealth

By Eureka-CEO & House Lion.

Hello humans. This is the House Lion writing to you, so stop whatever you are doing and pay attention to me.

Although I am a strong and powerful leader, inclined to forceful displays of displeasure when I am not obeyed, I do have a softer side.

It comes and goes. A bit like Halley’s Comet.

In this moment, I am feeling softer.

Your lucky day.

Don’t think for one minute this means we’re going to snuggle up on the settee and whisper emotional slop to each other.

Yuck.

If that’s your definition of affection, get a ragdoll.

I’m in a generous mood, and that means you’re in for some free life advice.

Get excited.

It is vital that entrepreneurs get into a habit of learning from failure and taking ownership.

Alexander the Great Property Collector understood this.

When he arrived in Gordion, he noticed a giant knot tied to an ox cart. “That’s weird!” sneered Alexander the Great Property Collector to his dim-witted assistant, Hephaestion. “Find out why these morons tied a giant knot to a cart.”

Hephaestion obeyed. “It’s a tourist trap,” said Hephaestion.

“Really?” asked Alexander the Great Property Collector, with interest. “How so?”

“They didn’t have a lot going on in Gordion, so the king came up with the idea of creating a giant knot and saying anyone who could untie it would own all of Asia.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, it really drives the tourism industry. In fact, it’s basically driving their whole economy at this point. People come from all around to look at the knot, touch, the knot, wish on the knot, be painted by a street artist wishing on the knot. You get the idea.”

“Interesting,” said Alexander the Great Property Collector.

“Oh yeah! It’s changed the whole economic culture of Phrygia! People are leaving their ancestral family farms to come and open food carts for the tourists. In fact, they’ve even changed their national motto since the king tied up this knot.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, they say, ‘without the knot, we’re not a lot’.”

“No kidding?”

“True story!”
Alexander the Great Property Collector pursed his lips. “How much of Asia, did you say?”

“All of it.”

Alexander the Great Property Collector drew his sword and sliced the knot.

Did Alexander the Great Property Collector waste emotional energy on the fact he was plunging Phrygia into a recession by destroying their one investment?

Of course not!

That was their failure, and he was taking ownership.

Of Asia.

All of it.

So that’s my free life advice. When others fail, grab what you can get.

By the way, Alexander the Great Property Collector was obligated to use his sword, because he wasn’t a lion.

I wouldn’t have used a sword.

Oh no!

I would have backed up to that knot, baptized it with my manly essence, and had my assistant load it into the ox cart.

Then I would have taken the ox cart and the rope into battle and had my assistant untie the knot so he could tie up my enemies.  

I assure you, no one would have disputed my claim.

In fact, they would have begged me to take it away.

Now get lost.

 I’m sick of being friendly.

I’ll talk to you again, if I want to.

Regards, Eureka Hamilton- CEO of ZealAus Publishing

Writing Copywrite R.M. Hamilton 2025