If you’ve lived long enough, you’ve had that moment when you almost lost everything, but somehow didn’t. You accidentally deleted your customer database, but a backup you’d only just set up saved your business. You sold an asset the day before it surged in value, but the exchange canceled the trade because of an error. You could have lost your life, but an incredible confluence of circumstances saved you. None of us would have trouble recalling a moment like that.

What changes a person more: losing something important or keeping it by sheer luck?