As they say in Italy, Italians were eating with a knife and fork when the French were still eating each other. The Medici family had to bring their Tuscan cooks up there so they could make something edible.
Investors have to ask themselves two questions. How much can we grow our investments? And, can we afford our mistakes?
A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people.