Mark Manson
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How to Feel Lucky No Matter What Happens
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August 12, 2026
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A man worth tens of billions was asked the single biggest reason for his success. His answer wasn't work ethic or brains. It was where he happened to be born. Drew and I break down the luck you're dealt at birth through Warren Buffett's ovarian lottery, a tale of two babies born the same day in Norway and Sierra Leone, and an old Chinese fable about a farmer and a horse. Good luck, bad luck, who knows?
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