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← The key to success is to strive for a lot and fail well

17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 20 Apr 1995 to 6 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under discipline discipline Everything filed under courage courage Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The key to success is to strive for a lot and fail well The key to success is to strive for a lotand fail well RD Ray Dalio — holds since c. 2017 — tap for who they are Same subject: People succeed through a balance of their own efforts and their circumstances — tap to centre the map on it People succeed through a balance oftheir own efforts and theircircumstances Last stated 17 years ago 6 Nov 2009 AS Alice Schroeder — holds since 2009-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: The lessons learned from success are worth applying more, while lessons from failure tend to be generic or get in the way. — tap to centre the map on it The lessons learned from success areworth applying more, while lessonsfrom failure tend to be generic orget in the way. Last stated 2 months ago 23 Aug 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Having the grit to stick with an effort when the going gets hard is a key trait of successful people. — tap to centre the map on it Having the grit to stick with aneffort when the going gets hard is akey trait of successful people. Last stated 2 years ago 20 Feb 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-02-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Success takes two things: knowing what the best decisions are and having the courage to do them. — tap to centre the map on it Success takes two things: knowingwhat the best decisions are andhaving the courage to do them. Last stated 4 years ago 27 Sept 2022 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2022-09-27 — 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: Relying more and more on one's existing strengths eventually stops being a winning strategy. — tap to centre the map on it Relying more and more on one'sexisting strengths eventually stopsbeing a winning strategy. Last stated 11 months ago 1 Dec 2025 BT Brandon Taylor — holds since 2025-12-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: About half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from unsuccessful ones is pure perseverance. — tap to centre the map on it About half of what separatessuccessful entrepreneurs fromunsuccessful ones is pureperseverance. Last stated 32 years ago 20 Apr 1995 SJ Steve Jobs — holds since 1995-04-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Effective learning is effortful, but not all effort is effective: the key to learning is optimizing effort, not maximizing it. — tap to centre the map on it Effective learning is effortful, butnot all effort is effective: the keyto learning is optimizing effort,not maximizing it. Last stated 4 weeks ago 6 Oct 2026 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2026-10-06 — 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 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 a month 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 16 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: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 4 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it A country may boast of itsgovernment only when its poor arewell off TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it A deep life is a good life CN Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The key to success is to strive for a lot and fail well Last stated c. 2017 Holds Ray Dalio Read this korrent →