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It always amazes me how many people refuse to even put themselves in a position to be lucky. The small amount of success I've had in my life has been 99% relate
by mikekij 10y ago
It always amazes me how many people refuse to even put themselves in a position to be lucky. The small amount of success I've had in my life has been 99% related to just showing up.
- AstralStorm 10y agoConflating risk with "position to be lucky". It so happens that to most people, actual big opportunity is often available only at the levels of existential risk. As in "you may become homeless" level of risk.
- sharemywin 10y agoBut how much of that is just a story we tell ourselves so the world seems more just. The biggest CEOs weren't lucky they just worked harder took more risk. But, almost by definition success is luck x risk factor x potential reward.
- Spooky23 10y agoI shared a seat on a train with a guy who was an SVP of a very big private company and essentially ran the place. He attributed just about everything that happened in his career to a single, chance encounter when he was an intern.
- mikekij 10y agoNot necessarily. Sometimes all it takes to be in the position to be lucky is to reach out to executives at companies you are interested in via a cold email. Some people are too afraid of rejection to do something like that. But I've found that in 1% of those cold email attempts, something really amazing happens. Just gotta put yourself out there.