The only good luck that many great people had was being born with the determination and ability to overcome bad luck.
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If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
If you struggle to find the right words, these expressions are the perfect thing to write down in a good luck card or send in a text message before your loved one takes off.
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Non-Judgment
A farmer was consoled by his neighbors who claimed it was bad luck his horse ran away. The farmer replied “Maybe.” The horse returned with more horses, so his neighbors said it was luck. The farmer said “Maybe.” Later a horse broke his son leg and the neighbors said it was a misfortune. The fa...
Most people enable the second choice
- I tell a "bad luck" story
- You sympathise and then share your own
- We both agree it was bad luck that was the cause
- Neither one of us learns
The virtue of Prudence
Prudence is the ability to discern the appropriate course of action for a given situation.
Many people wrongly think that being a good person means being gullible and naive. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. Good people must use the rationality they have to the fullest extent.
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