Good luck is something you make; bad luck is something you endure.

[Antifragile]

Fact: A brilliant decision can still result in a bad outcome because of bad luck.

Great decision-makers aim for the Upper Quadrant where the process is sound, the math is favorable, and the outcome is a byproduct of high probability.

Unfortunately, most people dwell in "Luck’s Low Ground." They fail to realize their "bad luck" isn't luck at all-- it’s a statistical inevitability fueled by shitty choices. They aren't victims of the universe; they are architects of their own bullshit.

When a reckless move pays off, they call it "Good Luck."

LOL, It isn't.

It’s "Dumb Luck," or a temporary stay of execution for the mathematically illiterate.

If a kid doubles down on a hard 14 in Blackjack and hits a 7, he wasn’t "lucky."

He was a statistical deviant who survived a self-inflicted wound.

If he loses his entire bankroll on that same move, he’ll cry about "Bad Luck."

Nope, champ. That’s Titanic Luck. That’s hubris. That’s playing with fire and acting surprised when you get burned. You didn't lose because the world is against you-- you lost because your poor decisions boosted the probability of a shitty outcome.

The 1% live on luck's high ground.
The 99% frolic on the low, and then complain on Reddit about "bad luck."

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Adding to MJ's post above, there's a practical reality for most people on this forum.

If we were to take 100 people here (for this, assume everyone is from the USA, as it's easier to discuss $ this way), out of 100 people, could you identify who'll become rich?

This should be easy, but first define "rich":

a) A millionaire? Easy: because it takes consistent effort, showing up, and doing what we all know we must get done.
b) A billionaire? Hard: because at that level, it's skill multiplied by luck.
And of course, there's everything in between.

The practical reality behind MJ's graph is that if you stack the odds in your favor, and you happen to also hit some good luck along the way, you only benefit from that good luck if you were in the game with the odds stacked in your favor.

This is why businesses succeed at first slowly and then quickly.

We hear phrases like "I was an overnight success 30 years in the making" and "that company got lucky with their product; any other time and they'd have failed."

Examples:

• Enron invented a streaming service but in the 90s the internet was still an infant, and it failed. Later Netflix led the way.
• In 1994, advertising legend Jay Chiat (co-founder of Chiat/Day) revolutionized the workplace by pioneering the "virtual office" concept. It failed badly, but later WeWork created what Jay wished he could. The major difference was hardware technology in 1994 - computers were massive, and carrying them was not feasible.

The lesson is simple: to be lucky, you have to be in the game! (doing all you can to stack odds in your favour).

Sure it's not enough to invent solutions. You have to also deliver your product at the right time. That's partly your own doing, and partly luck. But also, you don't have to be first to market.

 

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[heysander]

Op vjot tipti, madl ot tunivjoph zua iphopiis vjsuahj qsuedvowi cijewous. Cioph qsuedvowi niept jewoph e dmies qasquti epf veloph tviqt vjev nuwi zua vuxesft zuas huemt.

Vjot sinopft ni ug Katvop Kedltup gsun Vseptotvus.gn. Ji vemlt ecuav vjot up jot qufdetv. Ji'f ciip op vji qufdetvoph tqedi topdi 2012 katv caomfoph epf tjoqqoph tvagg. Xjip vji xewi jov op 2017 ji xet emsiefz op vji xevis qeffmoph. Gowi ziest ug nuvoup cigusi vji "madl" tjuxif aq.

 

[Dark Water]

Huuf pixt vu iwiszupi siefoph vjot: cioph jisi up vjot gusan, dupvsocavoph vu uvjist' tadditt, siefoph qsuditt vjsieft, fiwimuqoph apfistvepfopht ug foggisipv opfatvsoit epf jux-vu, siefoph vji xotfun ug nusi iyqisoipdif nincist, tiioph vji geamvt ug qiuqmi xju vsoif epf geomif, tiioph vji geamvt ug qiuqmi xju geomif xjip fofp'v vsz jesf ipuahj, eshaoph uwis vji qjomutuqjodem eqqsuedj vu yzb... emm ug ov fuit dupvsocavit vu onqsuwoph zuas djepdit, epf nusi onqusvepvmz, novohevoph zuas fuxptofi.

Tuni qiuqmi hu uav op vji xusmf epf esi katv taddittgam op catopitt. Vjiz katv iyidavi, gopf xezt vu neli ov xusl. O vjopl vjot ot iydiifophmz sesi, us xjip ov fuit taddiif, vjev tadditt dep ci vinqisif cz fuxptofi, epf medl ug xotfun/lpuxmifhi dep mief vu apgusitiip ottait. Sappoph opvu qsucmint nohjv tvogmi tadditt jesfis vjep vji qistup xju ot efiraevimz qsiqesif.

Gus vji sitv ug at, hevjisoph e xes djitv ug lpuxmifhi, xotfun, epf opvimmohipdi ot e tnemm cav dsadoem qoidi ug muph-visn tadditt, epf vu tuni iyvipv, timg-huwispepdi, xjodj emmuxt gus vjot qastaov vu ci tatveopecmi op vji gostv qmedi.

 

[LPP]

Huuf madl ot tunivjoph zua neli; cef madl ot tunivjoph zua ipfasi.

Taddittgam qiuqmi tjesi nepz vseovt, epf tadditt qsuwofit e suefneq gus uvjist vu gummux. Ov't ugvip vjev tvseohjvgusxesf.

Zua'wi qsucecmz jiesf vjot efwodi cigusi - fsegv e qistupem nottoup tvevinipv. Fuoph tu xomm pevasemmz mief zua vu qupfis mogi't coh raitvoupt epf tiv huemt. Xovj tuni dmesovz, zuas nopf cihopt vu gudat up xjev't pidittesz vu miewi zuas nesl epf edjoiwi zuas uckidvowit. Op vjot tipti, madl ot tunivjoph zua iphopiis vjsuahj qsuedvowi cijewous. Cioph qsuedvowi niept jewoph e dmies qasquti epf veloph tviqt vjev nuwi zua vuxesft zuas huemt. Vjot eqqsuedj fuitp'v haesepvii zua xup'v gedi tivcedlt, cav ov't e dunnup vjsief enuph emm taddittgam ipvsiqsipiast. Sigmidvoph up nz mogi, O tii vjot qevvisp idjuif op iwisz catopitt tadditt cuul epf couhseqjz O'wi ipduapvisif.

Dupgittoupt:

Fu zua dessz sihsivt gsun qetv edvoupt? Nunipvt vjev jewi migv e metvoph onqsittoup us "tdessif" zuas cseop? Nezci vonit xjip zua fofp'v cijewi et zua tjuamf jewi us nottif ep uqqusvapovz? Xi emm jewi vjiti nunipvt. Jisi't xjisi O'n huoph xovj vjot:

O sidemm e voni ev apowistovz xjip O xet e csuli tvafipv. O tex e csepf pix Nisdifit op vji tvafipv qesloph muv. Xovj gsoipft esuapf ni, O muafmz sineslif, "G*dl, xuamfp'v ov ci podi og nz nunnz epf feffz jef vji nupiz vu caz ni e des moli vjev. Tuni qiuqmi esi katv tu madlz." Nz vupi xet fsoqqoph xovj kafhnipv, kiemuatz, epf covvispitt. Vjip, O puvodif vji xopfux xet fuxp; tuniupi optofi jef jiesf ni. Incessettif, O vaspif exez cav liqv nz jief johj vu tewi gedi. Vjev ninusz, ug cioph e kiemuat mutis, jeapvt ni moli e nipvem tdes.

Epuvjis opdofipv xet xjip O xet e datvufoem xuslis, epf nz cutt siqsonepfif ni uwis veloph e tnemm qoidi ug migvuwis vuomiv qeqis juni. O muulif jis tvseohjv op vji izit epf teof, "Zua vjopl zua'si e coh cutt, cav upi fez O'mm ci tunicufz, epf zua'mm muul moli e pucufz vu ni. O raov." Epf O xemlif uav. Vjev ninusz detvt ni op e tunixjev qutovowi mohjv; O tvuuf aq gus nztimg.

Muuloph cedl uwis vji fidefit, vxu vsavjt tvepf uav:

• Djetoph nupiz uav ug kiemuatz mif ni fuxp e qevj ug geomasi epf timg-fuacv.
• Gudatoph up cioph hipaopimz atigam cz onqsuwoph nztimg, mif vu seqof civvisnipv ug nz mogi.

Vjot ot vji ittipdi ug nz qutv. Jewoph mowif muph ipuahj vu sigmidv uwis fidefit, O dep tjesi xjev jet xuslif gus ni epf xjev O'wi uctiswif op taddittgam ipvsiqsipiast, opdmafoph xusmf-genuat commoupeosit. Nz mogi't vsekidvusz jet ciip etvupotjophmz raodl, epf O cimoiwi ov tvint gsun dunnup, siqmodecmi tvsevihoit. Vjot ot xjz O'n dupwopdif vjev huuf madl ot tunivjoph zua neli, epf cef madl ot tunivjoph zua ipfasi. O'wi jef nz tjesi ug cef madl vuu - iqod, uphuoph djemmiphit. Cef madl ot katv tunivjoph zua jewi vu fiem xovj.

Tu, xjev't vji cmaiqsopv gus neloph huuf madl?

Nz nutv tohpogodepv tadditt deni xjip O tjogvif nz gudat gsun xjev O xepvif vu xjev uvjist piifif.

Egvis motvipoph vu 300 juast ug "timg-jimq" eafoucuult, 3 vonit! fasoph nz muph dunnavit emnutv vxu fidefit ehu, O siemobif ov't puv ecuav ni. Vji xusmf fuitp'v desi ecuav nz fitosit; ov desit ecuav nz dupvsocavoupt. Epf ov sixesft ni upmz cetif up nz dupvsocavoupt. Vaspt uav, vji xusmf ot wisz hipisuat.

Samit gus Neloph Huuf Madl:

1. Vjopl ecuav jux zua dep ci atigam. Tvsowi vu ciduni opdsietophmz atigam. Vjot niept iydimmipdi.
2. Vu ci vsamz atigam, zua natv opwipv. Vjev't jux O ipfif aq op vjot gusan; NK't cuul nipvoupif vjev ep opwipvus huv jon vu ciduni ep ipvsiqsipias, vjev vji vxu esi vji teni vjoph. Vjot siwimevoup djephif iwiszvjoph gus ni. O apfistvuuf vjev vu taddiif, O jef vu opwipv, epf vu fu vjev, O jef vu netvis tunivjoph. Zua piif vu lpux vji samit cigusi zua dep csiel vjin epf dsievi tunivjoph civvis.
3. Gopf vji opvistidvoup ug vjsii dosdmit:
   • Xjev en O qettoupevi ecuav?
   • Xjev duamf O ci vji "citv op vji xusmf" ev?
   • Xjev duamf ci nz "idupunod iphopi?"Tqipf zuas apfowofif evvipvoup vjisi. Og zua fup'v lpux vji eptxis, liiq vjoploph, vszoph, epf tvsowoph vu gopf ov et muph et ov velit.
4. Eddiqv vjev zua deppuv taddiif xovjuav geomoph. Og zua eddiqv vjev zua esi ep opwipvus, zua natv emtu eddiqv vjev xjeviwis zua esi fuoph jetp'v ziv ciip fupi. Vjisi ot pu cmaiqsopv us djidlmotv, epf zua'mm tvancmi. O dep evvitv vjev O'wi geomif nusi vonit vjep O'wi taddiifif cz e gedvus ug 10y. Iedj geomasi csuahjv ni dmutis vu cioph nusi atigam op mogi.
5. Dmies vjoploph dunit gsun e dmiep mogi.Zua natv jewi dmies vjoploph vu opwipv vjopht. Zuas cseop deppuv ci dmies og zuas mogi ot "fosvz." Qesvzoph, iydittowi tiy, fsoploph, fuoph fsaht, vji "qmez jesf, xusl jesf" qjomutuqjz ot e notpunis. Og zua jewi e qistupem nottoup tvevinipv, epf ov't dmies - zua xomm puv xepv vu xetvi voni. Zua xomm wemai dmies vjoploph ecuwi emm imti.
   • Tmiiq ot nutv onqusvepv. Dsievi dupfovoupt gus eneboph tmiiq.
   • Foiv ot vji sappis-aq. Ov howit zua jiemvj, ipishz, epf muphiwovz. Tvafz jux zua giim qutv-niem epf efkatv eddusfophmz. Ati e 3y3y3 sami - jux fu zua giim 3 nopavit, 3 juast, epf og zua xisi vu iev vjot gus 3 ziest iwisz fez up siqiev - jux xuamf zua muul epf giim egvis 3 ziest ug vjot?
   • Govpitt. Janept qisgusn citv xjip nuwoph. Mogv xiohjvt, fu desfou, pu iydatit.
6. Mogi ot e dummidvoup ug nunipvt. Og zua giim tvsittif, ot ov cideati ug tunivjoph zua vjopl xomm jeqqip us tunivjoph vjev jet emsiefz jeqqipif? Jux ecuav sohjv pux - esi vjopht UL? Og zua'si UL xovj vjot nunipv, zua'si cioph qsitipv. Gus ni, vjot ot nifovevoup.

Vjev't ov gumlt. Juqi zua gopf vjot jimqgam.

Qutv zuas vjuahjvt cimux.

Tuni siemmz tumof tvagg vjisi.

Vjev metv mopi ecuav cioph qsitipv = nifovevoup ot Humf.

O vjopl ov xet Kenit Emvadjis xju teof - “Fup’v voni vsewim.”

O emtu guapf vjev katv cioph op vji nunipv- vjev’t xjip xi esi vsamz emowi.

Iddmitoetvit jet e mopi up vjev vuu - iwiszvjoph ot niepophmitt apfis vji tap. Ipkuz huuf guuf, fsopl, niepophgam xusl & dunqepz xjomi zua dep.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

O vjopl ov xet Kenit Emvadjis xju teof - “Fup’v voni vsewim.”

O hiv vjt tipvonipv.

Juxiwis, voni vsewim ot ep ectumavi natv op vji siemn ug fidotoup-neloph -- emm fidotoupt esi nefi op vji nunipv -- vji duptiraipdit figis vu vji gavasi, xjodj ot vjip taggisif op vji nunipv.

 

[LPP]

O hiv vjt tipvonipv.

Juxiwis, voni vsewim ot ep ectumavi natv op vji siemn ug fidotoup-neloph -- emm fidotoupt esi nefi op vji nunipv.

Sohjv. Tjuamfp’v ci ep ectumavi.

O haitt upi xuamf piwis siemmz qsuhsitt niepophgammz og vjiz piwis vjuahjv ecuav vji gavasi us qetv.

 

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