luck
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Manufacturing luck
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Trite but true: life isn’t fair. Luck shuffles, unequally distributed, sometimes to those who are most undeserving. But our situation is unique, a constriction that gives us a chance to add our own bit of intrigue. What lens do we choose? There’s no drug we can take to resolve the struggle. But the last thing…
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Create your own luck
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Luck is magic. But magic tricks take preparation. There’s a lot of work into making it look easy. It’s no surprise that the best things happen to people that are ready to welcome and execute opportunities. If you’ve been lucky, you know immediately or not whether you deserve it. Even the meek recognize a moment…
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You’ve got to play to win
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1 min read
“There was once a man named Goldberg who wanted nothing more than to be rich. So each day he went the synagogue and prayed to God to win the lottery. This went on for days, weeks, months, and years, but Goldberg never won. Eventually, Goldberg was at his wit’s end. Praying to God, he said,…
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Winning a coin toss
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2 min read
“There never was a man who could go out in the morning and find a purse full of gold in the street today, and another tomorrow, and so on, day after day. He may do so once in his life; but so far as mere luck is concerned, he is as liable to lose it…