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Re:Do Hard Things Carefully by HappMacDonald on Thursday October 31, 2024 @10:18PM (#42013472)
> There's a saying: "Winners do what they need to do. Losers do what they want to do."

What would such a winner "win" though, if as soon as you get to do anything you want that means you lose?

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Re:Do Hard Things Carefully by ChrisMarshallNY on Thursday October 31, 2024 @11:17PM (#42013737)
First, it’s a pithy aphorism; not scientific fact. I think the original source may have been a sportscaster.

Second, it’s interesting that the takeaway from the saying is that we can never do what we want.

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