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Is Success Due to Hard Work, Talent, or Luck?

Money For the Rest of Us

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Work Hard and Be Prepared for Unexpected Opportunities

Boethius points out that someone buried the gold coins, not expecting anyone to find them. And the farmer wasn't looking for gold coins, it just happened to come upon them. He concludes we may then define chance as being an unexpected result. So in conclusion then, what do we do if we live in a world where there is randomness and some luck that can influence our career success? Well, certainly we can work hard. It's important to work hard. We can be prepared for both lucky and unlucky events. For the unlucky events, we can have a buffer, safety nets. If we have insurance, we get into a car accident, we're protected. We have life

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