12-25-2012, 10:28 AM
No. It is always within the grasp of a person to figure out how to create opportunity, and figure out how. Do you think I came from wealth? On the contrary, I was raised by a single mother who worked 2-3 jobs at a time most of the time I was growing up, and money was tight. Even after getting a job, I rarely had money left over after bills.
Do you think I had opportunity to become wealthy growing up? Hardly. I had an entire family of naysayers telling me I was a loser, a failure, and a fool.
Lack of opportunity is a cop-out. You don't have opportunity fall into your lap very often; instead, you make your own opportunities. And lack of know how? You overcome that cop out by going to the library, and talking to people who know what you want to know.
There's no such thing as lack of opportunity for the sufficiently motivated, and there is no such thing as lack of know-how. Self made millionaires do what it takes to get where they want to go.
Do you think I had opportunity to become wealthy growing up? Hardly. I had an entire family of naysayers telling me I was a loser, a failure, and a fool.
Lack of opportunity is a cop-out. You don't have opportunity fall into your lap very often; instead, you make your own opportunities. And lack of know how? You overcome that cop out by going to the library, and talking to people who know what you want to know.
There's no such thing as lack of opportunity for the sufficiently motivated, and there is no such thing as lack of know-how. Self made millionaires do what it takes to get where they want to go.
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The scientist has a question to find an answer for. The pseudo-scientist has an answer to find a question for. ~ "Failure is the path of least persistence." - Chinese Fortune Cookie ~ Logic left. Emotion right. But thinking, straight ahead. ~ Sperate supra omnia in valorem. (The value of trust is above all else.) ~ Meowsomeness!
The scientist has a question to find an answer for. The pseudo-scientist has an answer to find a question for. ~ "Failure is the path of least persistence." - Chinese Fortune Cookie ~ Logic left. Emotion right. But thinking, straight ahead. ~ Sperate supra omnia in valorem. (The value of trust is above all else.) ~ Meowsomeness!