Success is a result. No one can control results. In fact, the better you are, the less control you tend to have over results, because you relinquish control and

Success is a result. No one can control results. In fact, the better you are, the less control you tend to have over results, because you relinquish control and reliability in favor of high-risk, high-expectancy plays. (As I get older, however, I'm starting to realize that some of that risk-seeking is pathological. I'd rather have a stable lifestyle business where I can do work that's good for the world and live, reliably, quite well... than a 10% shot at a $200m acqhire welfare check that leaves the rest of the team hosed.) I wrote about this before anyone knew who I was: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/stop-writing-about-success-and-start-writing-about-failure/ http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/stop-writing-...