Yes, you are fortunate as you know from what you see around you. Unfortunately
the rule is that how hard someone works does NOT directly connect to how
successful they are. There are intangiable, and many times uncontrollable
factors that play a much more important role.
Larry
"Richard F. Man" wrote:
> At 04:44 AM 6/26/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >Some are fortunate enough to be raking in hundreds of thousands a year,
> >and are not feeling what many of the rest of us are.
> >
> >Larry
> >...
>
> Actually, even in this land of milk and honey (Silicon Valley), we have at
> least 5 personal friends that have been out of jobs for more than a year.
> Plus after many years of working and toiling (note the time of this post,
> 3AM is my usual "stop" time), we are fortunate enough to hire a full time
> person, but her dad has been out of work for 2 years, after 20+ years of
> service at HP (my last "Corporate America" job is at HP also).
>
> So I do thank whoever out there that I am fortunate enough to afford some
> of these toys. OTOH, typically working over 60+ hours a week, this is the
> least I can do for myself...
>
> // richard http://www.imagecraft.com
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