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Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under hiring hiring Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under innovation innovation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Any single bet is likely to fail, so success comes from taking many bets and trying as hard as possible at each. Any single bet is likely to fail, sosuccess comes from taking many bets andtrying as hard as possible at each. Last stated 3 years ago by 27 Dec 2023 NQ Nabeel S. Qureshi — holds since 2023-12-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: The risk of succumbing to the rigor mortis of success is usually far greater than the risk of making a mistake by not considering and mitigating all possible bad outcomes up front — tap to centre the map on it The risk of succumbing to the rigormortis of success is usually fargreater than the risk of making amistake by not considering andmitigating all possible bad outcomesup front Last stated 3 years ago 20 Jul 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-07-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being willing to fail, take risks, and endure early incompetence is what leads to eventual success in life — tap to centre the map on it Being willing to fail, take risks,and endure early incompetence iswhat leads to eventual success inlife Last stated 3 years ago 25 Jan 2024 MM Mark Manson — holds since 2024-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Risk comes not only from one's own ignorance but also from dealing with other people who do not know what they are doing. — tap to centre the map on it Risk comes not only from one's ownignorance but also from dealing withother people who do not know whatthey are doing. Last stated 7 years ago 8 Jun 2019 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2019-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Since fortune changes and people keep to their ways, people succeed while the two agree and fail when they diverge — tap to centre the map on it Since fortune changes and peoplekeep to their ways, people succeedwhile the two agree and fail whenthey diverge NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Luck is not a constant: it grows with surface area — being in the right places, having many conversations, asking for what you want. — tap to centre the map on it Luck is not a constant: it growswith surface area — being in theright places, having manyconversations, asking for what youwant. Last stated 3 years ago by 27 Dec 2023 NQ Nabeel S. Qureshi — holds since 2023-12-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Success in growth is the output of a lot of failures, so the real constraint is how much time you have left to fail in. — tap to centre the map on it Success in growth is the output of alot of failures, so the realconstraint is how much time you haveleft to fail in. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jan 2025 EV Elena Verna — holds since 2025-01-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Companies that avoid taking risks rarely succeed in the tech industry. — tap to centre the map on it Companies that avoid taking risksrarely succeed in the tech industry. Last stated 2 weeks ago 22 Sept 2026 RM Ray Maker — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 15 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death — tap to centre the map on it A free person thinks about deathleast of all; their wisdom is ameditation on life, not death BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together. — tap to centre the map on it A good life is forged from the verythings that make it hard, since joyand pain in relationships cometogether. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Jan 2023 RW Robert Waldinger — holds since 2023-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it A good life rests on things thatdemand skill and effort from you,not on goods that arrive requiringnone. Last stated 2 years ago 16 May 2024 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Any single bet is likely to fail, so success comes from taking many bets and trying as hard as possible at each. Last stated by 27 Dec 2023 · 3 years ago Holds Nabeel S. Qureshi Read this korrent →