CHAPTER 5The Stream vs. the Rock

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.

—H. Jackson Brown

Tony Cupisz knows that accepting personal responsibility and having dogged perseverance are sometimes all we have to see us through tough times. A component of a healthy and effective psychology of wealth is taking charge and doing what others can’t do for us—and then sticking to a vision and never giving up, no matter what may come. As a cofounder of a thriving international company who is also a great father and loved by many people, Tony has the manner of someone who is thoroughly enjoying his life. Listening to him tell his story feels like an unusual privilege, as though ...

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