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It's rarely luck alone, off course, someone has to have the guts to play, to risk losing something, and often must put in the work too. But out of everyone who

It's rarely luck alone, off course, someone has to have the guts to play, to risk losing something, and often must put in the work too. But out of everyone who does, luck can often make the winners. That said, in his case, there's a few repeat accomplishments. More than once he thought of a product, built it, and seem to have gotten traction with consumers. This is different from say Jeff Bezos, and how he famously said he doesn't think he could make it again, because he was kind of at the right time, right place. And he wouldn't know what in the current time and place would be the next Amazon. But in OPs case, he seem to be able to replicate these small-ish but still successful products. So at the very least he's got a knack for good ideas, identifying products that don't have a good offering, and building them quickly to a point that people will pay for them. That takes some talent, and hard work to accomplish.

longnguyen 3y ago
I think the larger level of success requires larger amount of luck. To he mega successful like Jeff Bezos, the amount of luck required is so huge that probably none of us could achieve in 100 life time. But for smaller successes, like building a profitable lifestyle business, I’d argue it requires much less luck (still needed regardless). Also there are 4 kinds of luck: - Pure luck: out of our control. This is where most people referring to - Luck from motion: hustling, grinding, increase luck surface area. This is where most founders find their “luck” comes from - Luck from preparation - Luck from uniqueness
- alephnan 3y ago
  Thiên Thời, địa Lợi, Nhân Hòa, or 天时地利人和 in Chinese. Thiên Thời = being in the right time, right place, right era. As Warren Buffett said, his skills in resource allocation would have been irrelevant if he was born during the Hunter-Gatherer period. Who knows what us code monkeys would be doing just a few decades ago when trading was done on the trading pits of Wall Street rather then electronic trading. địa Lợi = Position and having an edge Nhân Hòa = being in harmony (with other people) The people aspiring for non-Mega success can at least cultivate the last two.

longnguyen 3y ago

I think the larger level of success requires larger amount of luck. To he mega successful like Jeff Bezos, the amount of luck required is so huge that probably none of us could achieve in 100 life time. But for smaller successes, like building a profitable lifestyle business, I’d argue it requires much less luck (still needed regardless). Also there are 4 kinds of luck: - Pure luck: out of our control. This is where most people referring to - Luck from motion: hustling, grinding, increase luck surface area. This is where most founders find their “luck” comes from - Luck from preparation - Luck from uniqueness

alephnan 3y ago
Thiên Thời, địa Lợi, Nhân Hòa, or 天时地利人和 in Chinese. Thiên Thời = being in the right time, right place, right era. As Warren Buffett said, his skills in resource allocation would have been irrelevant if he was born during the Hunter-Gatherer period. Who knows what us code monkeys would be doing just a few decades ago when trading was done on the trading pits of Wall Street rather then electronic trading. địa Lợi = Position and having an edge Nhân Hòa = being in harmony (with other people) The people aspiring for non-Mega success can at least cultivate the last two.