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manufacturing the conditions for luck. Sheesh.
by michaelbuddy 11y ago
manufacturing the conditions for luck. Sheesh.
- ska 11y agoI think the distinction is important. There is a pernicious lie we tell, culturally, about success as if it were a matter of worth and effort. The truth is most success has a strong element of luck, and many failures as well.
- michaelbuddy 11y agoyou're not looking at the right examples. Sure luck. But my colleagues who started companies who are 40 - 300 employes strong now, they did not do it by luck. They wanted something, knew how to do things better, took risks and made it. Then 15 years later somebody could say something about luck but it's almost insulting. However my colleauges would acknowledge luck, but in reality it was just a ton of the right decisions and service to others creates the momentum.