For years, a particular house in town had only ever sold for $100K.
No matter how many times it changed hands, no buyer had ever paid more.
One day, Bob buys the house and boldly declares, “I’m going to sell this for $1 million. Watch me!”
After months of effort, Bob finally sells the house—but for $500K.
The question: Did Bob fail or succeed?
Some say he raised the price far beyond what anyone had before.
Others insist he fell short of his own ambition.
But there’s another question, one we can never answer:
What if someone else had owned the house instead?
Maybe they could have sold it for $700K.
Or maybe they, too, would have only gotten $100K, like all the previous owners.
What’s the right way to measure success?
Bob is Trump, btw.
—Drago