Chances are, pretty good ... you'll say goodbye more often than you want to

There is a guy in Florida that has been bitten by a shark, struck by lightning, bit by a rattle snake and head punched by monkeys, twice, and lived to tell about it. Fate must have it in for this guy. He isn’t an explorer or an adventurer. His run-ins with the bad chances date back to when he was 10, when lightning struck the tree he was standing under. He escaped unhurt but a bit blown over.

Taking chances can blow you over, sometimes in a good way. Isn’t the rule of thumb, and there is only two of those although you always hear of more, the more chances you take, the better the potential for...