I believe you make your own luck. My motto is 'It's always a mistake not to go.'
Interpretation
Luck is not merely chance; it is created through action and opportunity.
In this quote, Tom Brokaw emphasizes the idea that individuals have the power to shape their own circumstances and outcomes by taking initiative and pursuing opportunities. Believing in personal agency, he suggests that avoiding opportunities is a significant error, as every chance taken can lead to personal growth and success.
In practice
During a motivational speech at a business seminar.
The WWII generation shares so many common values: duty, honor, country, personal responsibility and the marriage vow " For better or for worse--it was the last generation in which, broadly speaking, marriage was a commitment and divorce was not an option
Your grandparents came of age in the Great Depression, when everyday life was about deprivation and sacrifice, when the economic conditions of the time were so grave and so unrelenting it would have been easy enough for the American dream to fade away.
While Pickstown may not be what it once was, it still is framed by the natural beauty of the ancient river, the sweep of the Great Plains, and the long, unbroken shoreline of the lake behind the dam. It gave me a 19th-century childhood in a modern mid-20th-century town, and for that I will always be grateful.
I am simply the most conspicuous part of a large, thoroughly dedicated and professional staff that extends from just behind these cameras, across this country and around the world, in too many instances, in places of grave danger and personal hardship. They're family to me.
I had good care going. I had Meredith and the family. And I didn't want to become the object of some kind of pity, most of all. I didn't want to show up on the Internet, 'Tom Brokaw has cancer.'
Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away.
Hopefully, we can build a rivalry and we'll be able to do this a lot. Make a legacy, then retire champions.
Trust me, if you're working on a $70 million movie and you're the last guy, you feel all that weight on your shoulders.
The kind of commitment I find among the best performers across virtually every field is a single-minded passion for what they do, an unwavering desire for excellence in the way they think and the way they work. Genuine confidence is what launches you out of bed in the morning, and through your day with a spring in your step.
How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell.
I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.
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