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Luck? You can become a millionaire or even a billionaire by luck. Risking an entire 9 figure fortune in order to run both 1) a business that most at the tim
by anon4this1 11y ago
Luck?
You can become a millionaire or even a billionaire by luck.
Risking an entire 9 figure fortune in order to run both
1) a business that most at the time thought was impossible (mass produced electric cars)
2) a space company that most at the time thought was impossible to do without being a nation state
and managing to against the odds make both of them succeed and become 11 figure companies is not luck. it is immeasurable slog, vision and competence.
there are tens of thousands of people worth hundreds of millions and ~1500 billionaires on earth, can you name a single one taking anything like the risks and producing the results elon is producing?
- tempestn 11y agoWhile both side are impressive, I think the risk is really the big story. Of those people worth at least tens of millions, how many would be willing to risk their entire fortune on a venture that, in their honest assessment, would probably fail? (There's a quote somewhere, where Musk actually says he expected SpaceX to fail, but did it anyway because of how great it could be if it succeeded.) I bet the number is pretty damn small. A big part of how he got to this point is simply the fact that almost no one else would have been willing to try. Beyond that, he must have been extremely skillful and lucky to actually succeed.
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- tbabb 11y agoLuck, like dedication and talent, is necessary but not sufficient.
- lloeki 11y ago> Luck? > immeasurable slog, vision and competence. In many ways I find luck is to competence what magic is to technology: indistinguishable for the uninitiated.