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“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”     Thomas Edison   We often look back at a missed opportunity and think, “I really blew it.  I’ll never get another chance like that one.”  And we give up trying.  Most people who don’t achieve as much as they want to in life don’t fall short because of a lack of ability, but because they gave up too soon. People often envy high achievers, not for the effort they put in, but for their “luck” and their “golden opportunities.”  They always say, “Oh, you’ve been lucky,” says B. Jenner (an American athlete).  “I always believed that the harder I trained, the luckier I got. … Luck is part of the game, but when I prepare for something, I don’t prepare to be lucky, I prepare to be good.” The dictionary defines luck as…

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