My Soccer coach used to tell me "You can't win the lottery if you don't buy a ticket." This was supposed to be a metaphor for taking a shot, meaning that you can't score a goal if you don't take a shot.
Kind of funny to plop down in front of my computer 10 years after my coach told me that only to see it manifested from a different angle.
I also think this is kind of a funny topic for the Steve Pavlina forums. I know it is a hypothetical, but with so much talk of Subjective Reality, isn't the lottery something that you could will in your favor? And again, this is only if you believe in a Subjective Reality, but for people who don't win the lottery, what does the lottery represent? Looking through this lens, the lottery seems like some unattainable, instant wealth that I will not win, and really don't want to win. It's almost a connection to the "easy way" to the top, whereas I'd rather find my own path.
Plus (again, with subjective reality), Does me relating my soccer coach's teachings with Steve's "no lottery ticket purchasing" comment have some relevance in my own life? Both people can be seen as authority figures? Maybe I need to take some more risks. Maybe I need to...buy a lottery ticket
Just trying to provide some interesting rhetoric.
Oh, and to bring it back on topic, I'd learn to play the guitar (with the time I would have), I'd pay off family debts, pay off my own debts, travel a lot to visit my friends and family, and start several companies, most of which would entertain people...In no particular order.
-Jesse