The luckiest man

The luckiest man:

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The luckiest man.

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I feel like the luckiest man alive.

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Done so much.

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Accomplished so much.

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Experienced so much.

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Traveled so much.

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Learned so much.

Read so much.

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Moved so much.

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Lived so much.

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I feel like I’ve lived lifetimes.

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Been lucky enough to experience more than people will in one life.

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Let alone multiple.

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Almost all of it is because of my parents.

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Because of the circumstances I was born into.

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Because of my environment.

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Because of who I grew up around.

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Because of role models.

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Because of good teachers.

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Because of good people.

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I got lucky.

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Super lucky.

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Did I work hard too?

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Absolutely.

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But I only got that drive from my parents.

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From my genetics.

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From my environment.

That was built into me from a young age.

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I didn’t know any different.

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None of us do.

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I just got to be the luckiest of them all.

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Someone brought up with all the right circumstances.

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Eldest child in an immigrant household that prioritized education.

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Good public school system with good teachers and role models.

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Parents who showed me the world when I was a kid.

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Went to every continent except Antarctica by the time I was 21.

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No one gets to live that.

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I did.

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Then had parents who prioritized looking abroad for university.

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That’s a privilege very few are able to afford.

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I got lucky.

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Went to medical school in Scotland for 6 years.

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Graduated as a doctor.

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Then left it all.

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To pursue a career I didn’t know about in an industry I barely knew existed.

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Did that in Amsterdam, Montreal and Toronto.

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For 7 years.

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During that time, got to travel the world.

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Did 44 flights last year.

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Along the way, I’ve seen almost every major artist in cities across the globe.

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Very few people get to do that.

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Then I ended up here.

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Writing after what feels like forever about how lucky I am.

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How privileged I am.

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How fortunate I am.

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I wish everyone got this.

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But they can’t.

That’s not how life works.

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So you have to do the best with what you’ve got.

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Play the cards you’re dealt as best as you can.

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Does that mean we’re all going to be rich, successful and famous?

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Absolutely not.

But does it mean we can try to be a better person tomorrow?

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Absolutely.

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That’s up to us.

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Small decisions.

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Small choices.

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Baby steps.

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If you take baby steps for yourself, eventually you’ll create your own luck.

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I had people who taught me that when I was growing up.

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I saw it in front of me.

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People who worked hard, achieved something with their life and created their own luck.

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Charted their own path out of nowhere.

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That’s what I’m trying to do too.

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Use my luck to create more luck.

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Even though I’m already the luckiest man.

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