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La fortune… C’est amusant comme choix de mot. Tu sais qu’étymologiquement fortune vient du latin fortuna, le sort, la chance ? Mais c’est aussi un des mots les plus polysémiques qui existent : il est synonyme de richesse, comme de hasard, comme de bonheur. Intéressant non ?
Rachel Vanier • Signes intérieurs de richesse (French Edition)
Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
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Understanding what people want is a way of getting very rich, very quickly.
Stuart Wilde • Infinite Self: 33 Steps to Reclaiming Your Inner Power
In the beginning of my career as a bookkeeper, I was only earning a weekly salary of 5 dollars. But it was only through unremitting efforts that have enabled me to establish an enviable oil kingdom. In the eyes of others, this may seem to be a legend, but I think it is the reward for my perseverance and hard work from the god of destiny.
M. Tan • The 38 Letters From J.D. Rockefeller to His Son
That got me thinking: What would be the most interesting and useful information anyone could get their hands on?
Years ago I asked that question to Yale economist Robert Shiller. “The exact role of luck in successful outcomes,” he answered.
Morgan Housel
Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favours by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.
Baltasar Gracian • The Art of Worldly Wisdom (Unabridged Start Publishing LLC)
Your success is rarely dictated by one single outcome