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> It requires significantly greater extremes of wealth before luck plays a more frequent role. I know people well into 8-figures who were never anything more than blue-collar grinders. They worked hard and smart for decades with nothing that you could identify as being particularly lucky.

Simply avoiding major adverse life events is also a form of luck, as are a whole host of other environmental factors.




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