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I didn't get negativity or anger from the article. It's not life-altering wisdom, but it is pretty much all true and worth thinking about from time to time.

The most important thing to take away from it, I think, is that if your success depends on a single unlikely (but wonderful) event, your likelihood of success is very small indeed. Might as well play the lottery or hop a plane to Vegas. But, I do see entrepreneurs fall prey to that line of thinking, whether it's hoping for a Google acquisition, a big deal with a single client, or just expecting people to beat a path to their door upon launch.



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