Once upon a time, there was only one way to be rich: Be powerful. If you were powerful, you could take from others. Through force, you could take from others the fruits of their labor. And even if you got rich by luck or skill, such as through a bumper crop or skilled animal breeding or finding gold, you would lose it to someone more powerful. Once upon a time, you had to be powerful to be rich. When you’re taking from others or trying to stop someone from taking from you, yo

When you take a risk, you feel it. You feel the anxiety. You feel the fear. You know something could go bad. But you take the risk because it could go well. Which means you feel something more than fear and anxiety: You feel hope. You hope the bad thing doesn’t happen. You hope the good thing does. You hope it goes well. Hope and fear are the two sides of taking risks. But when you’re a spy, you don’t want either one. You don’t want fear, because fear will slow you down. And