Chapter 5Can Yon Separate Facts From
Opinions?
I could see the lines of worry and fear etching
themselves ever more deeply in the face of the past-middle-
aged man who told me, ''I've lost my fortune through
unwise investments. It's too late to start over. My family
and I will live out our lives in disgrace and poverty."
This man had only one fact. All of the rest of
his statement was opinion.
Accepting your opinions as being facts can
ruin your
What was this man's one fact? It was a fact
that he had lost a sizable fortune through unwise invest-
ments.
It was merely his own opinion that, being past
middle-age, it was too late to start over and build another
fortune.
It was merely his own opinion that he and his