Quote from: Fivestar4everMVP on February 27, 2024, 06:50:29 PM

Unfortunately, success is actually not a function of luck, but a result that comes from deliberate act, hard and smart work and so on, not anyone who wishes to be successful becomes successful, only those who wish it and work hard to achieve it becomes successful.

This is a view I've always held. I don't believe people are successful because they're lucky. People are successful because they work hard and smart. There are people who also believe in fate, that B's to me. They believe no matter how hard you work, if it isn't meant to be, it won't be. Who made those rules?

As far as I'm concerned, there is no such thing as fate. I don't care how interesting they place it. I believe we're the architects of our own fate. If you don't work hard you won't be successful. A person can't be successful and you belittle their hard work over the years to just fate or luck.

Quote from: MarjorieZimmermanGinger on Today at 04:06:53 AM

That's greedy because they tried to build another business but the initial business was closed, even though they didn't need to do that because at first the business looked small but as time went by they were able to develop it into something bigger. Our concept of life must be to know ourselves, our skills and suitability for the business we want to build, following other people's trends does not guarantee success because it could be that we don't have the skills there and on the contrary we will incur losses.

As the saying goes "The difference between a genius and a madman is in the result"
It may seem greedy now because it didn't work out, but if it had worked out the person would be applauded and used as a reference when talking about stuff like this. There's a thin line between greed and ambition.

Closing down one business to start another is not something I would advise anybody to do, the same way I wouldn't advise anybody to take all his money and risk it all in one investment, but some people have done it and it has worked out for them.
We tell people to invest or gamble what they can afford to lose, but some people have gone against that and it has worked for them.
I'm not one of such people. I'm the person who likes to take calculated risks and make calculated decisions, but my point is, that you can't term it "greed" without understanding the person's view of things.