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Old 12-07-2019, 11:54 PM   #121
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I don’t think it’s being argued that anyone is just lucky, and that their fate/status has nothing to do with hard work, discipline, determination, etc.
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Old 12-08-2019, 05:08 AM   #122
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Louis Pasteur said "Luck favors the prepared mind" I've used that quote as my tag line for several years. I used to say an angel has been sitting on my shoulder to anyone who asked about the very successful business I started with 2 business partners. People would ask how I came to start the business and that was my stock response. One day DH looked at me and said "Stop giving credit to the angels. You've worked so hard for so many years. It is not luck or some higher power that made your business a success."

I stopped using the angel expression that day, but I do know that luck placed me at the right place at the right time, the day my partners and I jumped off a cliff and started a new business that took advantage of disruption in the telecom world. Had I not been at that place at that time, I probably would have found another opportunity along the way, perhaps not as lucrative.
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Old 12-08-2019, 09:36 AM   #123
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Last Friday our kid was assigned to watch duty (later in the day) at the front desk of Building 633, NAS Pensacola.

Since he was assigned to stand watch that day he did not have to report for morning muster @0645...he was still home, off-base when the attack occurred.

His USNA classmate who was standing watch at the time was one of the three killed by the shooter.

RIP Ensign Joshua Kaleb Watson, USNA Class of 2019.
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Old 12-08-2019, 09:47 AM   #124
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Last Friday our kid was assigned to watch duty (later in the day) at the front desk of Building 633, NAS Pensacola.

Since he was assigned to stand watch that day he did not have to report for morning muster @0645...he was still home, off-base when the attack occurred.

His USNA classmate who was standing watch at the time was one of the three killed by the shooter.

RIP Ensign Joshua Kaleb Watson, USNA Class of 2019.

RIP...
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Last Friday our kid was assigned to watch duty (later in the day) at the front desk of Building 633, NAS Pensacola.

Since he was assigned to stand watch that day he did not have to report for morning muster @0645...he was still home, off-base when the attack occurred.

His USNA classmate who was standing watch at the time was one of the three killed by the shooter.

RIP Ensign Joshua Kaleb Watson, USNA Class of 2019.
I'm so sad to hear that, Bill. Ensign Watson will be remembered in Memorial Hall as long as USNA stands, although I know that will be scant solace to his family.
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Old 12-08-2019, 10:45 AM   #126
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Role of luck in life success

Scientific American: The Role of Luck in Life Success Is Far Greater Than We Realized

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com...n-we-realized/
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Old 12-08-2019, 10:58 AM   #127
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There is an element of luck in most success stories whether they be business,sports,whatever.
I always use baseball as a great example.Bases loaded 2 outs bottom of the ninth and the batter hits a blooper off the end of his bat that falls in and he is a hero....Vs.....The batter hits a frozen rope 400 foot line drive right at the centerfielder and he failed.
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Old 12-08-2019, 02:59 PM   #128
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I got hired for my dream job at age 23. The company had standards for education and physical condition that were set in stone.

My education and physical exam fell just short of the rigid limits.
The man who evaluated my education said "Well, you're close enough", even though he had washed out of a similar program.
The doctor who evaluated me was about to retire, and said that my actual performance was good enough, and passed me.

Sure, I worked hard to just get in the door, and impressed the evaluators enough to give me a break. But I'd be a fool to say there wasn't a lot of luck involved.
I'm thankful.
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Old 12-09-2019, 03:41 PM   #129
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I've alway found the harder I work, the luckier I get. I retired at the ripe old age of 46 in Southern California [mod edit]
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Old 12-09-2019, 04:34 PM   #130
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I was lucky to have hard working, LB even TM, & loving parents who were lowly educated but yet stressed education to me. They're the basis of all that I am - that's good.
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Old 12-11-2019, 12:35 PM   #131
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I like Vince Lombardi's quote. Luck is the residue of design. I managed to break into my profession (television) by being in the right place at the right time. However, I took to the job and flourished due to the fact that I worked in sports and was a sports nut my whole life growing up. So, my take on this is that you need a little luck to get your foot in the door but its your own doing which A) puts you in position to be the recipient of getting a break and B) having the skill or brains to take advantage of that break.
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