“I was extremely lucky in life. I won the ovarian lottery.” – Warren Buffett
I love this quote from Warren Buffet as he is making a simple point that the only reason he is so lucky and fortunate with his success is because he was born into a fortunate environment and so given the right opportunities. Buffet could have just as easily been born a street beggar and as such he is clear that whatever he now has needs to be seen in the context of the fact that he just born lucky. As it stands,
Buffet has given away much of his financial fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which aims to bridge the gap between the ‘Haves’ and the ‘Have Nots’. I always find it important to remember, all of us who are in the have zone, just how lucky we are to have been born into such environments.
