Quote: (09-28-2018 04:34 AM)Simeon_Strangelight Wrote:
Some of them likely don't learn their lesson, but at least you get what you owe.
It's exceedingly rare to permanently "change" someone ala It's a Wonderful Life. More often than not you make a minor ripple in someone's life and they glide back to continuing the same patterns they were repeating before you came around.
It's really important to know the above whenever making an investment in someone else's self-improvement. Don't be too hung up on it "paying off" and know when to stop throwing the proverbial good money after bad.