Successful people come from bimodal distribution: 1. people who have good safety nets 2. people with absolutely traumatic backgrounds In both cases you “have n

Successful people come from bimodal distribution: 1. people who have good safety nets 2. people with absolutely traumatic backgrounds In both cases you “have nothing to lose” in the sense of, if your attempt fails, you’re back to where you started. For the middle-class person failing hard, but having no safety net means you do get a reduction and so most people who fall into this category are the most risk adverse. On the other hand, people who have been homeless or in excessively traumatic situations are basically like it’s never gonna be that bad again, and I survived it so I can handle basically anything. I fall into that second category, which is why I start so much stuff including building communities, literally everywhere I go