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This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 426. Luck is not the opposite of hard work by

Kristen Wong of the WildWong.com, and I'm your own very personal narrator Justin Mollick,

reading to you from some amazing blogs and books to help you optimize your life.

Today's Amazing Bloggers, Kristen Wong, a freelance writer. Now let's get right to the post and

start optimizing your life. Luck is not the opposite of hard work by Kristen Wong of the WildWong.com.

I loved parables as a kid. One of my favorites was the parable of the Chinese farmer.

It's an old Taoist story, but Flosfer Alan Watts popularized it in his book,

Eastern Wisdom Modern Life. It went something like this. Once upon a time there was a Chinese farmer

who's horse ran away. That evening all of his neighbors came around to commiserate. They said,

we are so sorry to hear your horses run away. This is most unfortunate. The farmer said, maybe.

The next day the horse came back bringing seven wild horses with it, and in the evening everybody

came back and said, oh isn't that lucky? What a great turn of events. You now have eight horses.

The farmer again said, maybe. The following day his son tried to break one of the horses,

and while riding it he was thrown and broke his leg. The neighbors then said, oh dear,

that's too bad. The farmer responded, maybe. The next day the conscription officers came around to

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