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Lucky vs. Repeatable

Morgan Housel · 7 Apr 2024

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  1. It’s so important to know the difference between the two when attempting to learn from someone. You want to try to emulate skills that are repeatable.
  2. you want to learn the big lessons about why things behave the way they do without assuming the past is a direct guide to the future, because it’s not – most of the details are not repeatable

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