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← Never failing is a sign of being too risk averse, which is costly.

17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 23 Jan 2012 to 29 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under hiring hiring Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under courage courage Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under investing investing Everything filed under management management Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Never failing is a sign of being too risk averse, which is costly. Never failing is a sign of being too riskaverse, which is costly. Last stated 6 years ago 15 Jun 2020 AA Amanda Askell — holds since 2020-06-15 — 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: Most people are probably too risk-averse, and writing out the worst outcomes shows they are not that bad. — tap to centre the map on it Most people are probably toorisk-averse, and writing out theworst outcomes shows they are notthat bad. 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: 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 3 weeks ago 22 Sept 2026 RM Ray Maker — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being risk-conscious does not mean getting rid of risk; it means pricing it properly and understanding the range of outcomes. — tap to centre the map on it Being risk-conscious does not meangetting rid of risk; it meanspricing it properly andunderstanding the range of outcomes. Last stated a year ago 16 Jul 2025 JD Jamie Dimon — holds since 2025-07-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: The struggle of running a company is not failure, but it causes failure, always if you are weak — tap to centre the map on it The struggle of running a company isnot failure, but it causes failure,always if you are weak Last stated 14 years ago 15 Jun 2012 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2012-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Any single bet is likely to fail, so success comes from taking many bets and trying as hard as possible at each. — tap to centre the map on it Any single bet is likely to fail, sosuccess comes from taking many betsand trying as hard as possible ateach. 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: Failure is never a problem unless it is catastrophic. — tap to centre the map on it Failure is never a problem unless itis catastrophic. Last stated 4 weeks ago 15 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — 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 3 weeks ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — 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 designer who is not a designated leader can get leaned on by building an internal tool for a cross-functional need, such as one design needed by marketing. — tap to centre the map on it A designer who is not a designatedleader can get leaned on by buildingan internal tool for across-functional need, such as onedesign needed by marketing. Last stated 5 months ago 19 May 2026 TG Tommy Geoco — holds since 2026-05-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO cannot be a calibratedinterviewer for every role, soinsisting on interviewing everycandidate makes hiring worse ratherthan better. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company hiring a designer is not hiring a politician or spokesperson, so it should just get into the design work. — tap to centre the map on it A company hiring a designer is nothiring a politician or spokesperson,so it should just get into thedesign work. Last stated 2 weeks ago 29 Sept 2026 DM Danny Martinez — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not sensitive to the few thousand dollars a candidate is afraid to ask for, because the fully-loaded cost of employing them dwarfs it. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not sensitive to thefew thousand dollars a candidate isafraid to ask for, because thefully-loaded cost of employing themdwarfs it. Last stated 15 years ago 23 Jan 2012 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2012-01-23 — 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
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At the centre Never failing is a sign of being too risk averse, which is costly. Last stated 15 Jun 2020 · 6 years ago Holds Amanda Askell Read this korrent →