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		Noaidi 10 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Do the Hardest Thing You can diminish luck, but you can’t get rid of it. That’s my point. You said it yourself and your own sentence. The outcome is determined by luck. That was my only point which no one seems to want to accept.
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sirtaj 9 hours ago [–]

But what is there to accept? I was lucky to be born and not be run over by a truck today. What is the purpose of this information? How do I internalize it and use it to guide my behaviour?

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