Luck in success in life may play a role but it is ultimately, as Branch Rickey said, "the residue of design." Successful outcomes are the result of smart people making smart (often risky) decisions. Many other fortunate people are simply the spawn of wealthy generations. And then there's the quote by Jules Renard which always pierces me to my guilty core: "Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others."
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Luck in success in life may play a role but it is ultimately, as Branch Rickey said, "the residue of design." Successful outcomes are the result of smart people making smart (often risky) decisions. Many other fortunate people are simply the spawn of wealthy generations. And then there's the quote by Jules Renard which always pierces me to my guilty core: "Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others."
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