Here are two truths to help you build a successful career and future

Success is amazingly common. What’s scarce is success that doesn’t fizzle to failure … or fade within several generations. You want to succeed sustainably.

If you’re anxious to avoid short-term failure, there’s a cautionary tale in the legendary lottery curse. Folks win, then the curse promptly transitions their lives into train wrecks.

In the early TV era of the 1950s, this reversal of fortune was epitomized by the popular show “The Millionaire,” in which a super “Richie” gave away a million dollars to normal folks who usually became miserable quickly.