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Luck plays a role, but it's not the difference between some guy being Jeff Bezos and working at McDonalds. It's probably more of the difference between being s
by davidw 9y ago
Luck plays a role, but it's not the difference between some guy being Jeff Bezos and working at McDonalds. It's probably more of the difference between being successful in a way that many are - maybe owning a local company or something like that - and having something that blows up like Amazon has.
- Barrin92 9y agoI'd argue the reverse is the case. Between someone like Jeff Bezos and someone working at McDonalds, without disrespecting the latter as there's nothing wrong with it, is not luck but education, aptitude and so forth. But I have trouble seeing the substantial difference between Jeff Bezos and one of his dozens of colleagues at his former job. Many people tried to open online businesses like this, and often it came down to very specific moments in time where the circumstances, the money, the people applying to your company specifically and so on all checked out. And there's really no or very little control you have about this.
- k__ 9y agoThat's what I mean. Success is one thing, but Amazon level success is completly different.
- davidw 9y agoAs far as I can tell, you're arguing the same thing I am. There are a bunch of people like him who are pretty successful people; quite a few who are very successful, but what separates him from them is probably due to some good luck on his part.