Now and again I give presentations to schools on Lessons for Life.

These boil down to some simple ideas:

Things grow

Keep your balance

Be honest

Don’t be stupid

Guard your reputation

A good way to illustrate most of these ideas is to present a lively example of someone thinking he’s been clever in changing course but who has not grasped the underlying dynamic logic of the situation, and so does not meet success.

Hmm. Where to find something like that? When in doubt, look on a Russian road: