I was having breakfast with the folks of BigFatPurse and Jon complimented that I would never take the risk of running a business because it's just not something a guy like me would do. Jon is right. I would take enough risk to generate the returns I desire but not more than necessary to become financially free. My family's well-being is at stake. If there is no need to take any more risk, I would prefer to farm my excess funds into the most consistent form of arbitrage that I know of - that of knowledge arbitrage. The cheapest trade-off which has the largest returns is to monetise your knowledge and skill. Knowledge, unlike property, cannot be misappropriated or taken away, so once you have the ability to trade knowledge for wealth, it becomes a fairly consistent means of earning a living. These day you seldom get really philosophical arguments ......