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Being good at losing $$$ takes years of practice & dedication....And it is important that you lose money at many different activities....Losing $$$ gambling is the "core", of course, but you have to lose $$$ in the stock market, real estate, commodities, lending it to Friends/Relatives and, finally, chasing Puss.

The most highly-prized quality of a good money-loser is that he is able to squander fortunes with a certain "Je ne sais quoi" (or "savoir faire" if you prefer)...But, it's a lot like telling a lie; -it's not really a lie if you believe that it's true--similarly, the ability to lose $$$ with grace depends on the loser having a detachment from money that is rarely found in our consumer-oriented society.
You can't view $$$ as a meduim of exchange that might improve the quality of your life &/or the lives of those that are dependant on you; you must view it as "filty luchre" that must be disposed off in an instant.

One good way to become accustomed to losing $$$$ is to spend a good portion of your most productive years trying to devise a "system" to beat roulette [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]