It is a little appreciated fact that good luck is the same as bad luck, but in reverse. In high powered Wall Street type financing situations, it is popular to refer to things as a zero sum game - this means that there is only one winner. In fact everyone is a winner in life it just depends how you look at it.

Example: To you a 15% pay increase sounds fantastic, however someone on ten times what you earn may laugh uncontrollably at such a small, insignificant, pay increment and may even angrily reject such a pittance as the amount only a loser would be pleased with.

Dogs wearing underwear will look funny until you see their owners and it will all make sense.