HOLLY

"I took money only from those who could afford it and were willing to go in with me in schemes they fancied would fleece others. They wanted money for their own sade, i wanted it for the luxuries and pleasures it would afford me. They were seldom concerned with human nature. They knew little-and cared less-abou their fellow men. If they had been keener students of human nature, if they had given more time to companionship with their fellows and less to the chase of the all mighty dollar, they wouldnt have been such easy marks." - WeilIn 1974 Muhammed Ali and George Foreman were scheduled to fight for the world heavyweight boxing championship. Everyone knew what would happen:Big George Foreman would try to land a knockout punch while Ali would dance around him, wearing him out. That was Ali's way of fighting, his pattern, and he had not changed it in more than ten years. But in this case it seemed to give Foreman the advantage: He had a devastating punch, and if he waited, sooner or later Ali would have to come to him. Ali, the master strategist, had other plans: In press conferences before the big fight, he said he was going to change his style and punch it out with Foreman. No one, least of all Foreman, believed this for a second. That plan would be suicide on Ali's part; he was playing the comedian, as usual. Then, before the fight, Ali's trainer loosened the ropes around the ring, something a trainer would do if his boxer were intending to slug it out. But no one believed this ploy; it had to be a setup. To everyone's amazement, Ali did exactly what he had siad he would do. as Foreman waited for him to dance around, Ali went right up to him and slugged it out. He completely upset his opponent's strategy. At a loss, Foreman ended up wearing himself out, not by chasing Ali but by throwing punches wildly, and taking more and more counterpunches. Finally, Ali landed a dramatic right cross that knocked out Foreman. That habit of assuming that a person's behavior will fit its previous patterns is so strong that not even Ali's announcement of a strategy change was enough to upset it. Foreman walked into a trap-the trap he had been told to expect. ~Don't laugh at anyones dreams, people who dont have dreams, dont have much~