No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won't start.
Interpretation
Success and wealth do not protect you from everyday problems.
This quote highlights the misconception that achieving great success and wealth provides immunity from the ordinary struggles of life. It serves as a reminder that regardless of one's accomplishments or financial status, everyone still faces common challenges and inconveniences, emphasizing the shared human experience.
In practice
During a motivational speech about the reality of success.
You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analagous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination. Hold the philosophy, hold the adjectives, just give us a plain subject and verb and perhaps a wholesome, nonfattening adverb or two.
-she remembered them kindly, for there was a sweetness in boys that didn't last long, once they became men.
I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father - and later trainers. My style became very technical. I sacrificed a lot of things. I was always hunting for the king, for the mate. I'd forget about my other pieces.
There is only one side of the market and it is not the bull side or the bear side, but the right side.
Opportunities, many times, are so small that we glimpse them not and yet they are often the seeds of great enterprises. Opportunities are also everywhere and so you must always let your hook be hanging. When you least expect it, a great fish will swim by.
You set a goal to be the best and then you work hard every hour of every day, striving to reach that goal. If you allow yourself to settle for anything less than number one, you are cheating yourself.
I feel like I've given up a lot of my fantasies. I just want to do things differently, and to a lot of people that's annoying. I like weird stuff. I always hoped if we had a big success it would be on our own terms.
The gift of achievement is _x000D_ not the things you get, but the person you become.
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