An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

by Annejet van der Zijl

From this study, it becomes clear that . . . good luck accumulates, as does bad luck. People are in poor health and are poverty-stricken and get let down, and vice versa. It is totally unfair. And the only real predictor of good or bad luck is the ability to deal with setbacks. Those who can best cope with setbacks have the greatest chance of fortune.

Charles Darwin, who is purported to have said: “It’s not the strongest of the species that survives, neither is it the most intelligent that survives. It is the most adaptable to change.”