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		jacquesm on Sept 17, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why most people don’t succeed – How you can be the... > Humans seem to have to feel pain/hit rock bottom before we can go back up, Hence the value of a difficult childhood. That's only half joking, most of the guys & girls that succeeded rather early in life had some luggage with them.

nicholasjbs on Sept 17, 2010 [–]

In my experience most people in general have some luggage with them, once you look past the surface. That's not to say all hardship is created equal, of course.

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