The central idea in " Don't Eat Fortune's Cookies" by Michael Lewis is about luck and reveals that luck played a part in his success. Lewis begins to explain how he waited for his Professor to say how well his senior thesis was. He told Lewis that he should not try to make a living off of it. This is where I think the quote " Don’t let people convince you that you shouldn’t pursue something about which you’re passionate." plays, Lewis ended up pursuing what he loved to do, he could of stopped when his Professor said he shouldn't continue with it. He had no idea what he was going to do for the real world so he went to graduate school. He then got invited to a dinner in which he was given the best job he believed there was. This is where I think
