Fantastic post.
Life to me is its own form of venture capital.
Time is the asset we inherit the moment we are born, and every second spent living is paid for in time. Why is time so important to us? Well... because time carries with it the key to our prosperity: our potential. Potential is equal to time in that the more time we have, the more potential we have, and vice versa - yet to utilize our potential we must spend our time to do so. Time spent = chance to reach potential.
That is the gamble we make throughout life, that is what truly gives time its value - in order to reach our potential, time is spent, but not always is our potential reached. Sometimes people spend all their time failing to reach their potential, in fact only a select few are able to fully realize, some others only partially.
It is easy to state that prosperity is equal to the amount of potential one utilizes throughout their life, and prosperity is the great dividend we all seek but few experience.
Seek prosperity - envision it, and invest the time you're given wisely in order to attain it. Don't be discouraged when time is wasted on failed ventures for they serve to orient you toward the path that leads you into prosperity.
Some people succeed, some people fail. That is life. The rest is up to you.
Simply the best comment I have read so far in this post. Thank you very much for your words.
No worries man, I look forward to reading more of your posts.