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Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
Long time ago and I don’t recall where I heard it or from whom but I read that everyone falls between 48-52% on the “luck scale.” I made up that term because I don’t know if but has a name. The theory is that 52% is exceedingly lucky and 48% is exceedingly unlucky. Anyone heard this?
I believe that we make our own luck (or misfortune) with our decisions. Good decisions create good results and bad decisions create a bad result. My life is great because of good decisions. My brother has the opposite life because of many sh1tty decisions. Marry well, get a good education, choose a good, well paying, fulfilling career, work hard at it, raise children well, etc. and you’ll do well. I absolutely believe this. When I was a financial planner I preached this to clients.
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You don't, like, actually believe that, do you? Oh, uh, I guess you do! Does the kid born with Down Syndrome play by the same rules? The person who's life is altered by teenage cancer? Hit by a car? Born in Gaza? You don't think your uncontrollable life circumstances are at all guided by some randomness? That you were fortunate to be where you are(presumably not dying of cancer at 50), but someone else's misfortune is their fault for poor decisions?