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"And you should not expect to be good friends or acquaintances with someone who has worked hard to overcome something because you need to remind them that part of their success is luck based."

Why not? A reasonable person can easily see that things are part luck and part work and will admit it outright. Sometimes 70% work, sometimes 70% luck.




Right, so if reasonable people are all aware that part of success is luck based (success = luck/opportunity + skill), then there's no reason to point it out unless it's critical to the conversation.




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