RE: In summary, what are your thoughts on what it takes to be successful?
October 18, 2022 at 5:34 pm
(October 18, 2022 at 2:44 am)Gentle_Idiot Wrote: I don't care if the extent of your "success credibility" is finishing a grand total of one semester in community college with straight B's on merely 9 credits (three classes), or ending up as the most influential politician in a world power like China or America, or anywhere in between. Athletic accomplishments count, video game victories count, anything counts as long as it's a worthy goal that was achieved...
For you, if you can summarize your thoughts, what do you think it takes for a person to go from rags to riches?
I consider myself a philosopher and I generally just avoid theological and metaphysical questions like the plague. But on matters of ethics, morality, psychology, and eudamonia, I get enthused to hear things and talk things.
I'm all ears. Please.
Luck and hard work. Notice I put luck first.
"When you get the message, hang up the phone" --Alan Watts on enlightenment. 
