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>>My point is simple. The "self-made man" is a myth.
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>Well, on a very elemental level, none us would be here at all without the help of two other people, so the "rugged individual" myth is absurd a priori.
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>I like Warren Buffet's take on this subject.
>When people ask him about his astounding success, he credits an "ovarian accident" that created his unusual way of looking at the world.

For sure, that's the "ability" piece of the triangle, the one we don't control at all.

Tamar