Message of the Day - Perseverance and Luck

Good Morning,

 

At the end of my latest dental checkup, the dentist entered the room and after looking at my teeth he smiled and said I was lucky.

 

Seven years after losing my front eight teeth my remaining teeth were still doing well. In other words, I get to keep them for another four months until my next check up.  

 

About seven and a half years ago, after starting to see my dentist, he noticed something wrong with my teeth and recommended I get tested for diabetes by my primary care physician. The tests showed I was a member of club. Maybe it was all those Mountain Dew Code Red’s I loved to drink all the time. Anyway, the diabetes had somehow caused the bone around my front teeth to go away. I was told that it was only a matter of time until the rest would have to be pulled. That was in December, 2004.

 

So now, each morning, either home or away, I spend a lot of time working on my dental hygiene. Flossing, proxy brush, wet brush (using the tooth brush with only water), then with tooth paste and finally the gum stimulator.

 

I probably spend more time on my teeth than many do on their hair.

 

It is with this continued diligence that my dentist says I am lucky.

 

I believe it is a combination of diligence and luck, but without the diligence, the luck would most likely be of the bad variety.

 

By putting in the extra effort and consistently doing more, I have changed the odds against me.

 

This same approach to life can also work in other areas as well.

 

The harder we work, the more consistently we work harder, the better we will do, and the ‘luckier’ we will find ourselves.

 

That is, we will be able to capitalize on opportunities due to our preparation and practice, that would have not been open to us otherwise.

 

By stepping it up and keeping constant effort, we can improve the chances of our success in all endeavors.

 

In a word, perseverance creates success and capitalizes on luck.

 

Enjoy!

 

Sanford Berenberg

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