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Habits of Successful People: Start Before You Feel Ready
- mark_l_watson 8y agoRight on. Too many people are held back by worrying about things that `could` go wrong. Worrying has an opportunity cost.
- SerLava 8y agoSometimes you feel like you aren't ready because you aren't ready. This seems like advice for people who have enough money to fail repeatedly, or post-hoc advice from people who spun the chamber and survived. There's this idea that it's solid generalized advice... to tell people to stop thinking and pour themselves into a gamble. Because it worked for a billionaire. I would not be surprised if ninety-nine out of a hundred people who could take this advice literally end up buying into an MLM, or starting a shitty restaurant, or whatever.
- robotresearcher 8y agoSelection bias obscures the unprepared people who went down in flames. Branson’s charm and people skills make him ready for a lot.
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- burfog 8y agoI think this applies to families too, explaining why many well-organized and cautious people end up missing out on children. There may never be a time when you feel ready. There is always something more -- a dept paid off, a larger house, an education completed -- and that just never ends. Meanwhile, the opportunity slips away.