Meaning, that if you try at something you definitely have a chance of fulfilling your dream as opposed to not doing anything in which case you have no shot what so ever. Stated in final sentence of Life’s Not Fair Deal With it! there is a sentence that reads “Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping – they called it opportunity.” There is a deeper meaning behind what this sentence says that can be applied to the message being portrayed in this article about opportunity. In today’s job market burger flipping is seen as a somewhat unwanted job and that’s what makes the case that much stronger. When burger flipping is being compared to opportunity most would question the sanity of the author but he is getting the reader the message very clearly that even when at a job like burger flipping there was still a sense of hope and pride in that they could earn an income or that they held a job at all. Point being, that even burger flipping is not beneath your dignity and that there are opportunities everywhere, you just need to find and harness them …show more content…
when the author stated “I have long believed that while we have no control over the beginning of our life, the overwhelming majority of us have the ability to influence the outcomes we attain.” Particularly in the last half of that sentence when it talks about controlling the outcomes we attain is the gist of the point that has been trying to get across to the reader. It doesn’t how your parents raised you, how they were exemplifying positive behavior or how much money they made with you under their protection, you can always do better for yourself by having the drive to attain you goal. In contrast with the previous thoughts, some might also say that one’s upbringing might have everlasting affects on an individual in whom they might never recover from both physically and emotionally. This claim is true but as the past shows there are many misfits and troublemakers that end up becoming very successful because they had the drive to do it. It is hard for one to believe that if someone truly has the will to do something with their lives that they will not achieve their