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Three Albert Einstein´s Life-Changing Lessons
Advice from one of the greatest geniuses of all times.
Is winning the lottery a good thing or a bad thing?
A. Good.
B. Bad.
Andrew Whittaker was already a millionaire when he won the lottery. He won a $315 million prize on Christmas Day 2002. So he decided to donate some of the money.
But for some strange reason, when he did so, his life began to turn upside down. He became estranged from his wife. And his granddaughter died under strange circumstances. Whittaker turned to drink and ended up with a broken life.
By all accounts, he blamed his situation on the lottery, and when asked about the prize he had won, he would always say:
“I should have torn up that ticket.”
Is your partner leaving you a good thing or a bad thing?
A. Good.
B. Bad.
For one of my best friends, the last year was the worst ever. The pandemic took away his father. And within a month, he was dumped by his partner after several years of a relationship.
I remember talking to him on the phone on Christmas Day. He was devastated, crying all the time.
