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kylnew on Aug 28, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: On doing things other people can't

I think the idea is more like that saying "Opportunity is a meeting of luck and preparation". So maybe it's more like 'manufacture opportunity' by constantly showing up prepared.

ska on Aug 28, 2015 [–]

I like that much better.

Luck is when things fall out better than you could reasonably have expected. Opportunities are something you can work for.

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