When Bill Gates or Warren Buffet answer the question "Why are you so rich and successful?" with "I've been enormously lucky." they're doing society a disservice in the hope that more people will like them.
Wealth and success are a product of talent, drive, the ability to
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Wealth and success are a product of talent, drive, the ability to
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learn from your mistakes and then change your behavior— not luck.
Yes, those guys were lucky to be born in the US when they were, to be born smart, to have not been hit by a bus, and to not have had parents who fucked them up (too much), but we're all the lucky sperm.
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Yes, those guys were lucky to be born in the US when they were, to be born smart, to have not been hit by a bus, and to not have had parents who fucked them up (too much), but we're all the lucky sperm.
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The average person gets 630,000 hours on this planet.
You mean to tell me that with that much time, you weren't able to overcome whatever "bad luck" you faced in your life?
Give me a break.
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You mean to tell me that with that much time, you weren't able to overcome whatever "bad luck" you faced in your life?
Give me a break.
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Your life is in your control. Saying otherwise is misinformation and a form of coping.
I'm rich and successful because I'm smart and I worked at it.
No reason you can't do the same, if you stop making excuses.
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I'm rich and successful because I'm smart and I worked at it.
No reason you can't do the same, if you stop making excuses.
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