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In this brief motivational monologue, the speaker asserts that the mind functions as a meaning‑making machine: events are not intrinsically good or bad, but become so through our thoughts. He references Shakespeare’s idea that “nothing is good or bad, thinking makes it so,” and recounts an anecdote attributed to Miguel Ángel Cornejo about a child who broke his leg. The injury, initially perceived as misfortune, ultimately spared the child from being conscripted into war, illustrating that the same circumstance can be interpreted as either good or bad luck depending on the meaning we assign. The overall message encourages listeners to recognize that luck is a mental construct rather than an objective reality.










