The Rules of Fortune
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Over the years, he’d discovered that as a leader, it was better to give people an image that they could count on, that they could trust: a traditional look from a traditional man.
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“Yes, you’ll see. A lot of things in life aren’t fair. Luck isn’t fair either, but it really helps.”
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If his time at some of the best schools in America had taught him anything, it was who you knew, not what, that really made the difference in life outcomes.
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being in the room was the ceremony where he would be getting the keys to having the life he was meant to live—the rules of fortune.
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“Anyone can get rich, William, but it takes a very smart man to stay rich.
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There is no use in trying to convince people who are determined to find fault with you over something you cannot control, and this goes both ways. You can’t live for other people. Sometimes you have to choose the me over the we.