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To: TobagoJack who wrote (62466)	4/4/2010 8:52:24 AM
From: Chas.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218137

TJ, I know many millionaires and successful businessmen (in Manufacturing) and women, they all have one thing in common, a life of real experience, hardknocks and entrepeneurial spirit, all are Alpha dogs, all have minimal formal(College) education, some have no formal education.... I do not know a single Wall street type but I suspect they also run the edge but more of an Ivy League and Family connectivity.... Enjoying your revelations.... regards

To: TobagoJack who wrote (62466)	4/4/2010 11:00:50 AM
From: dybdahl	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218137

Luck is surely a very large part of it. However, you can do much to put yourself into a situation where luck is more likely. I didn't realize that until very late, but knowledge always seems to come too late in life ;-)

To: TobagoJack who wrote (62466)	4/4/2010 6:13:26 PM
From: S. maltophilia	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218137

..... I also succeeded in passing the preliminary examination for the army while still almost at the bottom of the school. This examination seemed to have called forth a very special effort on my part, for many boys far above me in the school failed in it. I also had a piece of good luck. We knew that among oth- er questions we should be asked to draw from memory a map of some country or other. The night before by way of final preparation I put the names of all the maps in the atlas into a hat and drew out New Zealand. I applied my good memory to the geography of that dominion. Sure enough, the first question in the paper was: “Draw a map of New Zealand.” This was what is called at Monte Carlo an en plein, and I ought to have been paid thirty-five times my stake. However, I certainly got paid very high marks for my paper...... hsomnibus.com