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This is a really great comment, and I second what you are saying. I'd love if there was a way to quantify this in some manner. Nerdy of me to say, but I wish th

• JohnFen 2y ago
  > The whole "hustle culture" vibe feels like it has been a distraction/cult? I would characterize it as a fad (and one the has recurred throughout history). But there are things in it that I think are true -- namely, the idea of persistence. If you roll the dice enough times, sooner or later the number you want will come up. This is why there are so many truisms like "you've only really failed if you stop trying again." Statistics is how you leverage luck to your advantage. > The idea of people trying to vibe off of Gary V. and replicate that success by replicating the _personality_ and _habits_ seems like a dead-end. Everyone is different. I think this is exactly right. You don't replicate someone else's success by trying to be like them. It rarely works (and seems a bit cargo-cultish to me). The path to your personal success will always wander differently than others, because you are different from others. That difference, by the way, is a strength. It's the real value-add that you have to offer.