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2. I remember once, a long time ago, I
was hanging out in the physics lab at
my uni.

3. All kinds of cool equipment.

4. The guy that was responsible for
maintaining the equipment was
"famous" for giving out wise advise.

5. He'd been there a long time, had
known a lot of professors, and had
seen his share of students, both
exceptionally brilliant and
exceptionally average.

6. Anyhow, he gave me and my buddies a
piece of advice I'll never forget.

7. One because it continues to be true,
no matter how much experience I get
and no matter much older I get.

8. Two because at the time it kind of
shattered a "dream" that I had.

9. Being young and dumb, I thought that
if I studied hard enough to get a
degree, then I'd be on easy street.

10. I figured companies would want to
hire me, then all I'd have to do is show
up, work and get paid.

11. But what he said contradicted that
"myth."

12. He said life was like a poker game, and
any degree, no matter how expensive
or prestigious or highly regarded, was
merely the "ante" into the poker game
of life.

13. In case you're not up on the poker
lingo, an "ante" is the minimum first
bet you need to play.

14. It's not uncommon for poker games to
start off with a dollar ante to end up
with pots of several hundred, or
several thousand dollars.

15. There I was, a young kid, thinking I'd
get a degree, and I'd be on easy street.

16. But like I said, that's been proven to be
a myth, over and over again.

17. Now, this may seem like a horrible
thing. Like life is one big con job where
you are "tricked" into thinking that "all
you have to do" is X, Y or Z, and you'll
just sit back and enjoy everything.

18. But the truth is, if life really WERE like
that, it would be pretty boring.

19. It might seem like a relief if you
suddenly came into a lot of money, but
sitting around enjoying the good life
would get REALLY monotonous after a
while.

20. It may not seem like it, especially if
you're struggling, which a LOT of
people are these days.

21. But it's a well known and often proven
fact that when people win the lottery,
or otherwise come into a lot of money,
it actually makes things a LOT worse.

22. So what's the answer?

23. To realize that life is one long journey.

24. A succession of smaller goals, that will
all stack up into one magnificent
creation.

25. Not a "once and done" kind of thing.

26. A step by step, always learning, always
growing, and always getting better
kind of thing.

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