you have just read "michael jordan: a profile in failure" by jeff stibel. why is it necessary to take risks in order to achieve greatness? use evidence from michael jordan's life to support your answer. in your response, make sure to: explain the evidence without directly repeating it use the explanation to connect the evidence to the paragraph's argument

Can you summarize this? it takes time and caution to perfect anything which must be concealed. it takes time to crush men who are pursuing legitimate trade. but one of mr. rockefeller’s most impressive characteristics is patience. there never was a more patient man, or one who could dare more while he waited. the folly of hurrying, the folly of discouragement, for one who would succeed, went hand in hand. everything must be ready before he acted, but while you wait you must prepare, must think, work. "you must put in, if you would take out." his instinct for the money opportunity in things was amazing, his perception of the value of seizing this or that particular invention, plant, market, was unerring.