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From Delivering Happiness: A Path to Passion, Profits and Purpose by Tony Hsieh. A bet is a bet. If I lose a bet, I always pay up. On graduation day in college, my friends made a bet with me. They bet that I would become a millionaire within 10 years, and if it happened, then we would all go on a cruise together, and I would pay for everyone's trip. If it didn't happen, then we would still go on a cruise together, but they would pool together and pay for my trip. To me, it seemed like a win-win situation: either I would be a millionaire or I would get a free cruise. Either way, I would be happy, so agreed to the bet. It was early 1999, and we all flew to Florida to take a three-day cruise to the Bahamas. I decided to invite some of my other friends as well, so we ended up with a group of about 15 people. I had never been on a cruise before, so I was pretty amazed at how big the ship was. There was a nightclub, ten bars, swimming pools, and five all-you-can-eat restaurants. We had a gr

From Delivering Happiness: A Path to Passion, Profits and Purpose by Tony Hsieh. A bet is a bet. If I lose a bet, I always pay up. On graduation day in college, my friends made a bet with me. They bet that I would become a millionaire within 10 years, and if it happened, then we would all go on a cruise together, and I would pay for everyone's trip. If it didn't happen, then we would still go on a cruise together, but they would pool together and pay for my trip. To me, it seemed like a win-win situation: either I would be a millionaire or I would get a free cruise. Either way, I would be happ

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