Over in venture capital land, where I have my day job, we keep an ample supply of clichés, analogies and tropes that keep us from jumping out of our windows when things aren’t going so hot.  For example, “lemons ripen early” means that your crappy deals get crappy quickly, so your portfolio isn’t really as bad as it looks. “Too much candy spoils the baby” means that even though your company can’t raise enough money to keep Diet Coke in the fridge, such penury breeds the resourcefulness requisite of entrepreneurial success. You get the picture.
 
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