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I see luck (family you're born into, being in the right place at the right time, etc.) as far more of a determinant than focus or stamina.



Its important of course - Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell were all the same guy - family situation, education, opportunity.

Yet there were thousands just like them, that didn't succeed. The difference? Persistence, I think.




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