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https://www.otmonline.org/post/10-idea-90-execution https://www.otmonline.org/post/10-idea-90-execution 10% idea, 90% execution. Writing code over a weekend is the “idea” only. The rest of the work takes years of disciplined execution.

jrm4 3y ago
Sometimes, but lets not pretend that the other 90% couldn't also be "luck," or something like "exclusive access," etc.
- desiarnezjr 3y ago
  Luck in my experience, is really hard work. Getting to a place you can leverage opportunities really, but yeah.
  - jmcqk6 3y ago
    I think the important thing is that that Luck can often be an outcome of hard work, but hard work does not necessarily lead to luck. The world is full of people that worked really, really hard on something and failed to achieve the specific goal they set out for. Success is complicated.
  - jrm4 3y ago
    I can assure that your experience isn't representative; probably not in "big" enough spaces. It's deeply ironic, but the bigger you go, the more you can easily see luck as a factor (e.g. daddy's money)
    - desiarnezjr 3y ago
      The hard work I'm referring to is all the effort to get to place where you have even be "lucky" or serendipitous. For example, professional networking is a tremendous amount of work. But in meeting, bonding and potentially working with those people opens so many possibilities for serendipity / luck what have you. Sure there are those with Daddy's money, but more importantly the relationships, networks and resources that Daddy has are more important than just the cash. Nepotism, sure, but that's how the society has pretty much always worked.
  - selcuka 3y ago
    Working hard works better if you are lucky in the first place. You need to work much harder than the lucky ones to leverage opportunities if you were born in a third world country, or when you are physically disabled, or simply if your parents aren't wealthy.
summerlight 3y ago
I increasingly think idea is much much less than 1%. For whatever crazy idea, there are at least 100 people who have thought the exact same idea and 10 people actually tried the one.

jrm4 3y ago

Sometimes, but lets not pretend that the other 90% couldn't also be "luck," or something like "exclusive access," etc.

desiarnezjr 3y ago
Luck in my experience, is really hard work. Getting to a place you can leverage opportunities really, but yeah.
- jmcqk6 3y ago
  I think the important thing is that that Luck can often be an outcome of hard work, but hard work does not necessarily lead to luck. The world is full of people that worked really, really hard on something and failed to achieve the specific goal they set out for. Success is complicated.
- jrm4 3y ago
  I can assure that your experience isn't representative; probably not in "big" enough spaces. It's deeply ironic, but the bigger you go, the more you can easily see luck as a factor (e.g. daddy's money)
  - desiarnezjr 3y ago
    The hard work I'm referring to is all the effort to get to place where you have even be "lucky" or serendipitous. For example, professional networking is a tremendous amount of work. But in meeting, bonding and potentially working with those people opens so many possibilities for serendipity / luck what have you. Sure there are those with Daddy's money, but more importantly the relationships, networks and resources that Daddy has are more important than just the cash. Nepotism, sure, but that's how the society has pretty much always worked.
- selcuka 3y ago
  Working hard works better if you are lucky in the first place. You need to work much harder than the lucky ones to leverage opportunities if you were born in a third world country, or when you are physically disabled, or simply if your parents aren't wealthy.

summerlight 3y ago

I increasingly think idea is much much less than 1%. For whatever crazy idea, there are at least 100 people who have thought the exact same idea and 10 people actually tried the one.