Lucky vs. Repeatable
38:13 - A point about "intentionality" and "taking agency" in your career path. And how we can square that with the reality of randomness and luck. Expand your "luck surface area" • https://www.codusoperandi.com/posts/increasing-your-luck-surface-area
Adam Wiggins • Career with swyx // Metamuse podcast episode 53
On Luck
"'Give yourself a lot of shots to get lucky' is even better advice than it appears on the surface. Luck isn’t an independent variable but increases super-linearly with more surface area—you meet more people, make more connections between new ideas, learn patterns, etc."
-- Sam Altman
"'Give yourself a lot of shots to get lucky' is even better advice than it appears on the surface. Luck isn’t an independent variable but increases super-linearly with more surface area—you meet more people, make more connections between new ideas, learn patterns, etc."
-- Sam Altman
Luck and risk are both the reality that every outcome in life is guided by forces other than individual effort. They are so similar that you can’t believe in one without equally respecting the other. They both happen because the world is too complex to allow 100% of your actions to dictate 100% of your outcomes. They are driven by the same thing: Y
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