Foolish risks

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. Ray Bradbury The concept of risks and reward go hand in hand; the higher the risk the greater the reward. The trouble is that each one of us has a different perception of risk and obviously if we get [...]

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How fortunate are we…

I wept because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet. Ancient Persian saying Look around and you will find a hundred things to be grateful for but most times we are bitterly complaining, comparing and cursing our fate simply because we do not get what we want. As human [...]

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Being self reliant

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Francis Bacon Almost all of us are searching for that one big break that will change our life for the better forever. Very  few of us get that break because far too often we require a lucky break and not too many of us have [...]

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Getting lucky

You don’t just luck into things … You build step by step, whether it’s friendships or opportunities. Barbara Bush You prepare to be favored by luck. Just examine all the lucky breaks you got in life and you will realize that you did something effectively prior to you running into that luck. It could be [...]

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Luck

The one who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck. B.C. Forbes It is common for us to make an observation that a successful person has been very lucky. While the fact may be partially true, we miss the big picture that any one who is [...]

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