Great question! First, in her case it was not ‘even,’ but ‘because’ she had/got the money.

I wrote an article about winning lottery and its similarity to (quickly) becoming a CEO of a large corporation.

Why Becoming a CEO of a Large Organization Is Similar to Winning a Lottery

Most of us envy those people, but actually do not want to pay the real price/pain.

Second, life is about slow steady growth (keeping the balance between extremes).

It’s not the extremes that kill, but the instant (too big) shift or deviation.
High speed never killed anyone, but the instant change in speed did.