“I’ve heard it said that luck is what you make of it, and I believe that is true to an extent. How useful is a stroke of good fortune if you do nothing to seize on it?” Gideon swirled the liquid in his glass. “I think it’s easy to downplay hard work and a bit of luck when one has not had to rely on it. When one is born into privilege, it makes it difficult to comprehend any additional paths to success that do not mimic one’s own.”
