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Two more I'd add: - Actually doing something is a necessary condition. An obvious statement but I've heard people bemoaning not having a startup success who di
by cantrevealname 10y ago
Two more I'd add:
- Actually doing something is a necessary condition. An obvious statement but I've heard people bemoaning not having a startup success who didn't try. (Also, those regretting not having a bestseller book, didn't try writing a book, etc.)
- Failure is very likely (regardless of Paul Graham's inspiring and encouraging essays). This doesn't mean you shouldn't try. Many of the factors that determine success are things that you don't control, can't predict, can't understand no matter how smart you are, and can't even explain after you're become rich or broke. There's a lot of randomness in outcome.
- Waterluvian 10y agoWhenever I design and implement software, I expect it to fail. I wonder, "where's the catch?" I almost obsess over finding it. This design will fail. Why? And like any good software, most of them eventually do. But with that attitude, I had obsessed over understanding the limitations and problems rather than successes, which made the next version much more clear to design. Failure is part of the process!
- andrewstuart 10y ago"If I had ever learnt, I should have been a great proficient." - Lady Catherine de Bourgh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Catherine_de_Bourgh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Catherine_de_Bourgh