Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

DIFFERENCES IN RESULTS
For example, in this country, some people are better off than others.
This has been true of all societies throughout human history. This
can be for various reasons. It may be the result of different people
having different talents, ambitions, and desires. It may be the result
of some people working harder, having a better start at life, being
born with greater intelligence, or simply being at the right place at
the right time to catch a favorable trend in the economy.
In any case, people who are well off are not to blame for the fat
that other people are not well off. People who are healthy are not to
blame for the fact that other people are sick. People who are suc-
cessful and happy are not to blame for those who are unsuccessful
and unhappy. People who are building a good life for themselves
and their families are not at fault because other people are not.
Success does not cause failure.
Correlation is not causation
. Be-
cause both situations occur simultaneously, this does not mean that
one caused the other. An honest acceptance of this simple fact
would solve many arguments and disagreements at the philosophi-
cal and political levels.
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