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thenewgreen · 4122 days ago · link · · parent · post: What is your favorite quote? Why does it mean so much to you?
You create your own luck in life I realize that everyone has heard this, but I can recall the very first time someone said this to me and it had a profound impact. When I was younger I was working at a restaurant in Ann Arbor and our head bartender (sounds_sound) was going to Ghana to study architecture for a summer. One of the regulars of the restaurant came in and asked where the bartender was? I said, Ghana and he said how great it was and I replied, "Yeah, he's so lucky". The guest stopped me in my tracks and said to me while looking intently at me "you know, you create your own luck in life". -That was a transformative moment for me. btw, s_s that guy was Michael, the chain smoking fella from the store on the corner. -nice guy.