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What Determines Success: Luck or Hard Work?
"Enough courage to get started + enough sense to focus on something you’re naturally suited for + enough persistence to stay in the game long enough to catch a few lucky breaks + a lot of hard work. There’s your recipe."
James Clear • 3-2-1: On Having Enough, the Power of Books, and a Recipe for Success
Many of the best luck engineers I know faced significant, uncontrollable bad luck early in life. They had to learn the skill of luck. Meanwhile, people who’ve been given luck their entire lives often never develop luck engineering — they’ve never needed to.
I find it useful to distinguish between luck-luck and skill-luck. Luck-luck is pure... See more
I find it useful to distinguish between luck-luck and skill-luck. Luck-luck is pure... See more