Ironically, the surest, fastest way to get poor quickly is to try to get rich quickly. -- Whitney Tilson

It's hard to get more ironic than that, isn't it? Tilson, founder and chief executive officer of Empire Financial Research (and a former contributor to The Motley Fool) shared that advice in his insightful book for young people, The Art of Playing Defense: How to Get Ahead by Not Falling Behind.

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