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Re:You only have to be right once by davidw on Sunday September 30, 2007 @06:18AM (#61261)
You should give The Black Swan a read sometime. Lots of people are smart, well prepared, work hard, but few get the phenomenal returns that Mr. Cuban has. That's luck.
Re:You only have to be right once by davidw on Sunday September 30, 2007 @12:30PM (#61299)
One example is doctors: they are people who work hard to achieve, do an important job, and certainly earn well, but they don't seem to get these stratospheric startup paybacks, just a good, steady high return on their investment in learning and practice.