Did you know that all success in life is based on conservative principles?

Well, it's true. As I explained in my book, how to be right, the art of being persuasively

correct, if liberals applied their no-score, no-winner, no-loser belief systems to their

hobbies or professions, they would fail miserably. Success relies on absolute truths, on supply

and demand, on work and reward, on competition, and on achievement, not group identity. As

the old saying goes, it doesn't matter if the cat is black or white, as long as it catches

mice. Conservatives catch mice. Liberals buy them cheese with your money. It's interesting

that people who participate in professions that require conservative values are so often

on the left. Here are three examples you might not have thought of.

Example 1. The musician. You'd think all of them are liberals in their personal lives,

but only a few can actually afford to be. Smart musicians are often the most conservative

people on the planet. Someone has to pay for the gas, the guitar strings, and the antibiotics.

When you see your favorite metal band, you can bet that the whole tour is mapped out,

not as some hippy-dippy road trip, but as a meticulously planned endeavor to ring every

penny of profit out of it. Maybe it's not surprising then that the most successful

rock band in history is headed by someone who studied finance and accounting at the London

School of Economics, Mick Jagger. And yes, it's true, satisfaction was about the joy of

capital gains. Example 2. Fitness. As a former editor of a health

magazine, I can attest the government cannot give you six pack abs unless you get them to

pay for the implants. Exercise is perhaps the best example of conservative thinking at

your disposal. For the amount of effort you put in, you reap the reward you deserve.

If you pump iron for two hours, three times a week, your body will change as a direct result.

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