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It's apocryphal [0], but I'm reminded of Thomas Jefferson's quote: "I am a great believer in luck -- the harder I work, the more I have of it." [0]: http://ww
by jxf 12y ago
It's apocryphal [0], but I'm reminded of Thomas Jefferson's quote:
"I am a great believer in luck -- the harder I work, the more I have of it."
[0]: http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/i-am-great-believer-luckquotation http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/i-am...
- fossuser 12y agoThere's also the other kind of luck that you're not really in control of. You can attempt to position yourself for the best possible outcome, but even the ability to do that may be determined by original surroundings. https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S33/87/54K53/index.xml https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S33/87/54K53/ind...
- PhasmaFelis 12y agoI don't mean to criticize you personally, but it's hard to take pithy aphorisms about the value of hard work seriously from someone who ran a slave plantation. Perhaps the real lesson here is: when someone in a position of power likes to talk about the value of hard work, take a minute to think about who's doing the work and who's reaping the value.