The Love Expert: The REAL Reason We’re Lonely, Loveless, Depressed - Alain De Botton, School Of Life

Lesson One: Understanding Love and Relationships

The modern philosopher of love, Alain de Botton, aims to help people live better and more meaningful lives in their relationships.
The average human has 70,000 thoughts a day, but most people are unsure how to effectively use them.
Many people believe in finding "the one," which often leads to disappointment and frustration when they are not able to freely love just anyone.
Our attraction to love stories that mirror our childhood experiences can be problematic, especially if our past was not necessarily happy.
There is a general confusion about love, and people often expect their partners to possess special abilities to understand their emotional needs.
Successful relationships require certain core habits.

"The most romantic sentence that people will say is, 'I met this person and we didn't even need to speak, we just felt on the same page.' But this leads to a catastrophic outbreak of sulking, where they say to you, 'Is anything wrong?' Of course there is, but you're not going to tell them. You're a romantic, and you believe that your partner should have alien capacities to look into your wounded soul and understand what the upset is."

Happiness as a Natural or Modern Concept

Is happiness a natural aim for humans or a modern concept?
Are we causing ourselves distress by pursuing happiness?
Our ancestors focused on survival and reproduction, not self-actualization.

"Are we causing ourselves immense distress in this pursuit of this thing that maybe our ancestors didn't ever think about this whole you know we think about self-actualization and they were probably thinking about survival and reproduction more look these all belong to the sort of paradoxes of modern times."

Disappearance of Religion and its Effects

Religion provided a structure for time and human experience.
Living without the support of religion is a new experience for many in our generation.
Religion diminished individuals by showing them their place in the vastness of the cosmos.
Modern society emphasizes the pursuit of success and making a big impression.
This pursuit of perfection can lead to mental illness.

"Modern times have obviously brought us enormous advantages but they've also brought us particular complexities that I think we'd be wise to realize and one of them is The Disappearance of religion."

"Religions handily reduce our expectations and our sense of ourselves. We are merely flawed humans."

The Gateway to Calm and Harmony

Acceptance of our minuscule position in the cosmos is the gateway to calm and harmony.
Modern society focuses on being big and making a big impression.
The pursuit of perfection is a fast route to mental illness.

"The graceful acceptance of your minuscule position in the cosmos is the gateway to calm and harmony."

"Arguably, the pursuit of being big and making a big impression is a fast route to mental illness."

Lower Expectations and Vulnerability

Religions reduce expectations and our sense of ourselves.
Lower expectations lead to vulnerability and connection with others.
Successful individuals find it hard to make friends because they associate success with invulnerability.
Admitting vulnerability becomes harder as success increases.

"Religions lower our expectations and handily reduce our sense of ourselves. We are all flawed humans."

"The more successful they get, the harder it is for them to admit to the real truth about being human, which is that we're all helpless children some of the time."

Imperfection and Connection with Others

Many faiths acknowledge that life and individuals are imperfect.
Seeing one's own flaws as part of being human allows for vulnerability and connection with others.
Lowering expectations leads to an easier relationship with oneself and with others.

"Everybody's broken, everybody is flawed. It's quite a helpful starting point."

"Lowering expectations not only leads to vulnerability and connection with others but also to connection with oneself."

"There's something about the pursuit of perfection which makes day-to-day life extremely hard, and religions slightly by The Bu tick that box."

The Pressure to be Happy and its Consequences

In modern society, the true goal of every human is seen as happiness.
Emil Durkheim's study on suicide in modern societies reveals a paradox of suffering amidst progress.
Suicide rates are alarming, especially in young men and women.
Modern society emphasizes individualism, control, and responsibility for one's own narrative.
People feel intense shame and think it's their fault when they are in a crisis.
The pursuit of happiness can lead to intense pressure and feelings of failure.

"People commit suicide when things are bad and they think it's their fault. They cannot disassociate the trouble they feel from an intense sense of responsibility which then also entails shame."

"We live in a world where people feel that they control their own narratives, that what happens to them is very tightly a reflection of who they are and what they've done."

"The pursuit of happiness, as you suggested, that the true goal of every human is happiness, not fulfillment, not the realization of a grand scheme, not living for others, but your own happiness. It's a beautiful idea, but Goodness Me does it cause problems."

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"Arguably, the pursuit of being big and making a big impression is a fast route to mental illness."

"The graceful acceptance of your minuscule position in the cosmos is the gateway to calm and harmony."

"There's something about the pursuit of perfection which makes day-to-day life extremely hard, and religions slightly by The Bu tick that box."

"People commit suicide when things are bad and they think it's their fault. They cannot disassociate the trouble they feel from an intense sense of responsibility which then also entails shame."

"The pursuit of happiness, as you suggested, that the true goal of every human is happiness, not fulfillment, not the realization of a grand scheme, not living for others, but your own happiness. It's a beautiful idea, but Goodness Me does it cause problems."

The Perceived Truth of Personal Fate

In history, people were not necessarily held accountable for the outcomes of their lives. For example, in Old English, a poor person was known as "unfortunate," which originated from the word "Fortuna" for the Romans.

"Nowadays this sounds completely weird. I mean, what do we call poor people in the most individualistic country in the world, United States? They're called losers."

The Shift to Individual Responsibility

Over the years, there has been a shift in thinking, where people now believe that their fate is solely determined by their actions. This perception has led to a lack of empathy and understanding towards those who face unfortunate circumstances.

"We believe that people do things, and that action leads to results or failures. That's why people take their own lives because inextremists people think, there is nothing other than me to explain what happens to me."

The Ideology of Meritocracy

The modern world is driven by the concept of meritocracy, where success and failure are believed to be solely determined by an individual's merit rather than external factors like family background or social influence. However, this ideology also implies that those who are at the bottom deserve to be there.

"A meritocratic worldview turns success and failure from chance to a necessary fate. That's why it makes the winners quite hard, potentially quite heartless, because they're thinking, well, I got there on my own."

The Confusion About Love

The modern world has been confused about love for about 200 years, mainly due to the influence of Romanticism as a philosophy of love. The assumptions of Romanticism include the belief in one soulmate for everyone, finding them through mysterious means, and the notion that love and sex cannot be separated.

"The way in which we approach love now is a never-been-approached philosophy. For about the last 250 years, we've been loving under the aegis of a philosophy we could call Romanticism."

Love as Emotion versus Skill

In the modern world, love is often seen as an emotion that we should feel rather than a skill that we can learn. The idea of studying love or going to a "school of love" is often met with skepticism because it goes against the romanticized notion of love.

"We tend to believe that love will pull us instinctively towards marvelous people, but we're not necessarily free to love just anyone. We love on tracks laid down for us by our childhoods."

Childhood Dynamics and Adult Relationships

Many of us had childhoods where affection was mixed with problematic dynamics.
In order to experience love, we had to encounter rage, violence, depression, or being put down.
As a result, we may be drawn to love stories in adulthood that feel familiar, but don't necessarily lead to happiness.
For example, we might set up friends on a date and expect them to show signs of suffering in order to feel in love.

"We go into adulthood and we find that we're drawn to love stories that feel familiar because they're echoing some of childhood Dynamics but they don't necessarily for that matter lead to happiness." - Alain De Botton

The Impact of Childhood Experiences

Our past experiences influence our future romantic lives.
When love was reinvented 250 years ago, people didn't consider the impact of childhood experiences on adult relationships.
People who say they have "daddy issues" might have had early experiences with a distant or absent father figure.
These experiences can lead to an anxious attachment style and a pursuit of dysfunctional relationships.
The suffering associated with these relationships can become a subconscious marker of love.

"Are you saying then that there's often truth in that because they had an early experience with a father figure, a male figure in their life that might have left them or might have created an anxious attachment style or something. So, they then end up pursuing dysfunctional relationships because that's the suffering that they associate with love?" - The Diary Of A CEO

Repeating Unconscious Patterns

We tend to unconsciously repeat the stories and patterns we grew up with.
Psychology helps us understand why people engage in behaviors that may seem crazy or self-sabotaging from an outside perspective.
People's current behaviors that may seem crazy once made sense in their past circumstances.
For example, shutting down emotions and not trusting others could have been a clever defense mechanism for a child with a suicidal parent.
However, these childhood defense mechanisms can hinder adult relationships and happiness.

"Now, once upon a time, that would have got you through to the next stage of life if you open your heart at five and there's a parent who's suicidal, it'll tear you apart. So good for you, you're doing something brilliantly clever right." - Alain De Botton

Acknowledging and Changing Patterns

It's important to acknowledge and understand the defensive strategies we developed in childhood.
These strategies, although once clever and necessary, may no longer serve us in adulthood.
Therapy, particularly with a good psychotherapist, can help increase self-awareness and understanding of our patterns.
Simple exercises like sentence completion tests can shine a light on hidden beliefs and behaviors.

"Sometimes you need these little levers to shine a light. The thing that really helps, and I'm not for your viewers um, many therapists, many psychotherapists are not what they should be, but some are great. If you find yourself with a good psychotherapist, they can also increase your level of self-awareness." - Alain De Botton

The Importance of Therapy and Self-Awareness

Therapy provides a safe space for individuals to confront and address unresolved issues from their past that influence their behavior in relationships.
By working with a trained professional and discussing their actions and emotions, individuals can gain insights into their own patterns and projections.
Therapists act as observers, helping individuals understand patterns and behaviors that may be destructive or self-sabotaging.
Therapy allows individuals to bring out their underlying issues and emotions in a controlled setting, away from the distractions and games of everyday life.
Through therapy, individuals can gain a clearer understanding of the stories and narratives they project onto reality, which can have a significant impact on their relationships.

"They can see it's like a petri dish; they can see the stuff that you're doing and... suddenly you'll be saying to your therapist, 'I know you hate me,' and the therapist will be going, 'I really don't think so, but I'm interested that you have that conviction that you do.'"

Overcoming Hardwired Urges and Breaking Cycles

Recognizing and becoming aware of one's own cycle and patterns that originate from childhood is already an enormous achievement.
Overcoming deeply ingrained habits requires intentional effort and a genuine desire to make progress.
It is important to understand that perfection is not necessary; what matters is acknowledging one's imperfections and being open about them.
True love should involve a willingness to work on oneself and improve, rather than expecting acceptance for all one's flaws.
The ancient Greeks saw love as an opportunity for personal growth and becoming the best versions of ourselves through the help and support of a partner.

"The best we can do in this world is self-awareness, prompt apologies when we slip up, and a genuine intention to make progress."

Conflict Resolution and the Importance of Communication

The success of a relationship often comes down to how skilled individuals are at conflict resolution.
Being able to effectively resolve conflicts requires open communication and a willingness to take responsibility for one's actions.
Our society's romantic ideals often discourage open and honest discussions about the challenges and conflicts within relationships, leading to misunderstandings and resentment.
The notion that love should be felt and conveyed without words can lead to a destructive pattern of sulking instead of addressing issues directly.
Conflict resolution skills can be learned and improved upon, and they play a crucial role in maintaining healthy and successful relationships.

"This leads to a catastrophic outbreak of sulking. What is a sulk? A sulk is a fascinating pattern of behavior where..."

The Real Reason We're Lonely, Loveless, Depressed

We often get angry with someone because we believe they haven't understood us, even without us explicitly saying anything.
This can lead to feeling offended and thinking that the person doesn't truly love us because true love means understanding someone intuitively and without words.
As romantics, we may expect our partner to have miraculous mind-reading abilities and know our emotions without us having to communicate them.
However, it's important to realize that other humans are not mind readers, and we need to use words and communicate our feelings with our partner.
Honesty and open communication are crucial for resolving issues in a relationship.

"It takes us a long time to realize that other humans are not mind readers. We need to use words to communicate our feelings."

The Symbolism of Sex and Intimacy

Sex is often seen as a symbol of love and intimacy within a relationship.
The emotional significance of sex is that it represents the idea that your partner loves you.
The acute issue arises when one partner cannot hold on to the idea that their partner may love them without wanting sex.
Sex aims at intimacy and the vulnerability of connecting with another human being.

"What we know about sex is that the really exciting thing about sex is not the sex bit, it's the intimate bit. It's the idea that someone is without their guard..."

"Sex is not the only way of achieving this intimacy; there are other ways of getting these benefits without the physical act of sex."

Love and Sex: Are They Separate?

Tracy Cox made the observation that as a relationship becomes more comfortable, partners may start seeing each other as family members or siblings.
This familiarity is the opposite of the excitement and passion that makes sex appealing in the early stages of a relationship.
Romanticism tells us that sex and love are inseparable, but the reality is that relationships are complex, and these two elements can be separate.

"Romanticism tells us sex and love belong entirely together, but what many of your viewers will know is that the relationship is trickier."

Intimacy and Sexual Freedom

As a relationship becomes more intimate and cozy, it can also make sexual freedom more challenging.
The history and familiarity of a long-term relationship can affect the sexual dynamic.
Going to hotels or other neutral spaces can create a sense of newness and excitement, free from the weight of history.
Being aware of and accepting that this is a common challenge can help alleviate the pressure.

"We need to go very easy on ourselves for the fact that this happens. We don't need to believe in God, but if God was watching us, we are all 8 billion lovable idiots."

Teasing and Compassionate Understanding

Teasing can be a powerful way to navigate challenges within a relationship, including areas like sex.
By teasing instead of criticizing, a couple can cultivate tender, compassionate understanding for each other's difficulties.
Having a humorous approach to the difficulties and challenges can make them more manageable and less tragic.
Cultivating a compassionate relationship with ourselves is crucial to building a strong foundation for finding solutions within a relationship.

"The best thing we can do with our irritations with our partners is to be able to tease our way out of them."

Preventing Boredom and Seeking Novelty

A common concern in long-term relationships is the fear of boredom and seeking novelty outside the relationship.
One suggestion to prevent boredom is to maintain active listening within the relationship.
True listening, where partners are fully engaged and present, is often lacking in relationships.
Listening attentively to each other can prevent the relationship from becoming boring or stagnant.
Avoiding complacency and actively engaging with your partner can help sustain the excitement and novelty within a long-term relationship.

"The thing that becomes very, very boring in all relationships is when people cease to listen to each other."

The Importance of Reflexive Listening

To give effective advice and communicate with others, it is essential to practice reflexive listening.
Reflexive listening involves repeating back to someone what they have said using slightly different words.
This technique makes the person feel heard and understood, leading to better self-understanding.

"The best way to listen is literally to not give advice, not give anecdotes, but repeat back to somebody what they've said in slightly different words."

The Power of Being Heard

The ability to listen attentively and repeat back what someone has said makes them feel valued and understood.
Being heard allows a person to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their own experiences.

"We don't want to be told come on, you're living in really wonderful times... we want someone to go, I hear things are bad for you... I'm hearing you're not coping very well and you're pretty sad."

Importance of Listening as Parents

Parents often struggle with active listening and truly hearing their children.
By not fully engaging in reflexive listening, parents miss opportunities to understand their children's feelings and experiences.

"Parents are often quite bad at listening to their children... they think they're listening, I mean, I was a parent... they think they're listening, but they're not really."

Importing Emotional Baggage Into Relationships

In relationships, people often bring emotional baggage from their past experiences.
It is crucial to acknowledge and understand that not everything in a relationship is related to the present situation, but rather influenced by past events and childhood attachments.

"A lot of what people will be getting up to in relationships will have nothing to do with the person in front of you... you will be importing from different periods of your life scenarios and assumptions that owe nothing to the here and now."

Understanding Childhood Influences

Acknowledging and understanding childhood experiences is crucial for personal growth and healthy relationships.
Addressing and resolving childhood issues helps individuals put the past behind them and move forward with healthier relationship patterns.

"Think of language... we absorbed an entire language emotionally... we learned a whole language about trust, self-esteem, who we are, and how we relate to others."

"I'm sorry to your listeners... but you have to get on top of your childhood... this is not a Nostalgia Fest... it's so that you can put the damn thing to bed and never have to think about it again."

The importance of learning and repeating valuable lessons

Learning important lessons, such as trust and vulnerability, is crucial for success in relationships.
Childhood patterns often dictate our behavior in relationships, but many people fail to recognize this and do the necessary work to overcome them.
Step one is understanding the impact of our childhood narratives on our current lives.
It is important to realize that personal growth takes time and repetition.
Similar to learning a new language, it takes consistent effort and practice to become fluent in valuable lessons.

"We need to take it slowly and repeat these valuable lessons. Just like learning a language, it doesn't happen overnight."

The challenge of retaining important knowledge

Our minds are not always good at holding onto even the most important truths.
Religions recognize this by encouraging regular rituals and practices to reinforce beliefs.
In the modern world, we often think that learning an idea once is enough to change our lives, but this is not the case.
Important lessons, such as those related to personal growth and fulfillment, need to be repeated and reinforced.
We must overcome the tendency to seek quick fixes and instead embrace the long-term work required for personal development.

"We need to recognize that our minds are not good at holding onto even the most important truths. It takes repetition and practice to truly internalize valuable lessons."

The risk of perpetually seeking healing

There is a risk in perpetually seeking healing and focusing on our past traumas.
Continually dwelling on our childhood wounds can hinder our ability to fully live in the present moment.
While it is important to address and process past traumas, constantly identifying as broken and in need of healing can prevent us from moving forward.
True healing occurs when we can turn our pain into knowledge and learn from our struggles, rather than dwelling on them indefinitely.
A good life is not one without problems, but rather one in which we have learned valuable lessons from our inevitable pains.

"The goal of life is not to be problem-free, but to turn our tears into knowledge and learn from our struggles."

Challenging the concept of finding the right person

The belief in finding the right person can lead to disappointment and frustration.
No one is perfect, and expecting a partner to be flawless sets unrealistic expectations.
The idea of rightness can include imperfections and conflicts, and it is important to accept this reality.
Relationships take work and understanding that no one needs a perfect partner is key to building healthy and fulfilling connections.

"The concept of finding the right person can be misleading and set us up for disappointment. Instead, we should focus on building relationships based on acceptance and understanding."

Importance of Distance in Relationships

Distance can remind us that there is no pre-ordained reason why someone should be with us.
Being away from our partner can create novelty and excitement, especially in the context of sex.
It is a reminder that someone chooses to be with us, which can be a miraculous thing.
After a period of absence, the mystery and appreciation for our partner can be reignited.

"One of the things that distance can do is to remind you that there is no pre-ordained reason why someone should be with you...it's one of the most miraculous things that anyone should choose to be with anyone."

Importance of Appreciating the World

Habit tends to swallow up our sense of wonder and appreciation for the world.
Children can remind us of the foreignness and true wonder of the world that we often take for granted.
The goal is to keep being people who have wonder in their lives.
Learning to appreciate and see the world as if we've never laid eyes on it before is key to finding joy.

"We think we know what's going on, but we haven't actually looked...we are part of what makes children so fascinating but also frustrating. Everything's interesting...we need to keep being people who have wonder in their life."

The Skill of Appreciation

Appreciation is a skill that can be learned and developed.
Dialing up the capacity for appreciation is more important than seeking constant stimulation.
Life can only be so exciting, and more stimulation won't necessarily make us better appreciators.
Art can serve as a record of careful looking and help us learn how to appreciate more of what we've already seen.

"The goal is to learn to appreciate more of what we've already seen...the thing to bear in mind is life can ever only be so exciting. It's not by more stimulation that you become more of an appreciator...it's literally learning to see and appreciate is a skill."

The Importance of Companionship in Loneliness

The book aims to be a companion for those experiencing loneliness and mental illness.
It is written from the perspective of someone who understands what the reader may be going through.
People often feel alone in their struggles, but the book reassures them that they are not.
The cognitive gap between self-knowledge and knowledge of others can lead to feelings of isolation and shame.
The book aims to educate, rehabilitate, and provide comfort to those struggling with mental illness.

"I think we need companions through things that probably feel very personal but are actually, this is the good news, very general."

The Cognitive Gap and Shame

There is a cognitive gap between what we know about others and what we know about ourselves.
We only know others based on what they choose to tell us, but we know ourselves through introspection.
This cognitive gap can lead to a sense of shame, as we feel alone in our struggles.
Mental illness, which is often rarely spoken about, can intensify feelings of shame.
The book aims to address this shame and provide understanding, education, and comfort.

"And the best thing you can say to people is say no, you're not [alone]."

Unwellness and the Breakdown of the Mind

When the mind is unwell, it becomes challenging to notice the breakdown and understand what is happening.
A well-functioning mind has the ability to keep us on our side and maintain a sense of normalcy.
Mental illness disrupts this ability, leading to self-loathing, unforgiving thoughts, and the inability to let go of past mistakes.
Those struggling with mental illness hear negative voices in their minds, unable to access the encouraging voices they once had.
The breakdown of mental health disrupts coherent thought, ordering of thoughts, and the ability to prioritize.

"Illness is not being able to let go of an argument against yourself because you have turned into your own worst enemy."

Seeking Help and the Role of Love

Recognizing that something is not well and raising the white flag is the initial step in seeking help.
When the mind is troubled, it requires the presence of another mind to provide support and perspective.
Love, in its broadest sense, plays a crucial role in recovery and healing from mental illness.
Kindness and understanding from friends, therapists, and professionals can gradually help in restoring a sense of self-worth and direction.
Mental breakdown often stems from a lack of love and can be alleviated by experiences of love.

"And the cause and the antidote is often love. Yes, imaginatively understood, not merely romantic love and its broadest sense."

Understanding Resilience

Resilience should not be solely associated with toughness and endurance.
True resilience can also be seen in moments of desperation, humility, and brokenness.
The book emphasizes that resilience can coexist with vulnerability.
Resilience extends beyond superficial appearances and includes the ability to bounce back from difficult experiences.
It is essential to redefine resilience to include moments of strength in vulnerability as well.

"True resilience should be compatible with things that don't look resilient at all, things that look very desperate, very humble, very broken indeed."

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"The problem, and often the antidote, is love."

The Understanding of Resilience

Alain De Botton questions the use of the word "resilience" and its common interpretation as bouncing back from problems immediately.
He believes that resilience should be understood as a generous understanding of how much madness has a legitimate claim on a healthy life.
De Botton emphasizes the importance of accepting that experiencing dark moments and ups and downs is normal, just like the changing seasons.
Rather than rejecting and fighting against these natural cycles, understanding them can bring a sense of equilibrium and acceptance.

"Sometimes when people have mental troubles, they will have ups and downs. The advice is always to be careful that belief that you're better, the rigid belief that the past is behind me, the darkness is behind me, can itself start to seem like a problem because it means that you'll be intolerant towards any regression. Regression belongs to progress, just like dark days belong to good seasons."

The Seasons of the Mind

De Botton discusses the concept of seasons and the parallel between the cycles of the natural world and the mind.
Understanding and accepting the legitimacy of these mental seasons can help reduce resistance and frustration.
Acknowledging the darkness and regression, and seeing them as part of the progress, allows for a more compassionate and patient approach to one's own mental health journey.

"Cyclicality, darkness followed by light, autumn followed by winter followed by spring. The mind has its own seasons, and the more we can accept the legitimacy of those seasons, the less we'll rail against some of the necessary sliding into darkness, which for many of us is simply going to be unavoidable."

The Book's Objective and Content

The book aims to evoke real sympathy for the complexity of the readers' minds and a genuine understanding that being human is not easy.
It emphasizes that working on oneself is not indulgent but a necessary task.
The book provides practical tools and theoretical insights to work on the broken parts of oneself, seeking a sense of equilibrium.
Besides being practical, the book is also warm and comforting, reminding readers that they are not alone and offering friendship in book form.

"It's not easy being human, and there is nothing indulgent about working on oneself. This book provides tools to work on the most broken bits of oneself and find equilibrium. But it's also deliberately a warm book, a book of comfort. It says to you very simply: You are not alone."

The Role of Friendship and Warmth

De Botton points out the importance of warmth, kindness, and friendship in addition to intellectual ideas when it comes to mental struggles.
He believes that a book can act as a friend, providing comfort and support by making readers feel heard and understood.
A good conversationalist, friend, or romantic partner is someone who offers empathy, and the book aims to achieve the same by extending warmth and kindness.

"I think it's absolutely in the remit of a book to act as a friend and to say to you very simply: You are not alone. You said earlier that a good conversationalist, a good friend, a good romantic partner is someone that makes you feel heard and understood. And I think that's exactly what you achieve in this book."

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The fund already has investors who are successful and innovative entrepreneurs in Europe.
Founders of companies or investors can pitch their ideas or apply to invest in the fund.
The purpose of the fund can be understood by visiting the website flightfund.com.
The speaker emphasizes that investing in the fund is a high-risk investment and is only suitable for sophisticated investors.
There is no guarantee of achieving investment objectives, and all investment capital is at risk.

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"There is no guarantee that the investment objectives will be achieved, and as with all private equity investments, all of the investment capital is at risk."

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