There are more opportunities to become farmers than there are to become monarchs.

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Sometimes we look at the fruits of someone’s labor and we think, “I want that too!”

But owning the harvest without working the fields … that model, with good reason, is rare.

“I want what they have” or “I want their luck” is an in-actionable perspective.

If instead, we pair wanting with working, we can move toward our goals.

We begin not with scepters, but with shovels and rakes.