How much of your success in life has been mostly dumb luck? - Pittsburg, KS - Morning Sun

How much of your success in life has been mostly dumb luck?

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By Pat Cunningham

This brings to mind the story of the guy who was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple:

Perphaps the best of this season’s college commencement addresses is the one that author Michael Lewis delivered at Princeton University.

Lewis CAUTIONED the assembled graduates to avoid mistaking luck for personal achievement:

I now live in Berkeley, California. A few years ago, just a few blocks from my home, a pair of researchers in the Cal psychology department staged an experiment. They began by grabbing students, as lab rats. Then they broke the students into teams, segregated by sex. ...

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