Hard work wins in business (a.k.a. it ain't just about luck)
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#3Best advice I saw on the topic was a throwaway comment here on HN: "be lucky and don't fuck it up" - the hard work part equates a lot to "don't fuck it up" in my own interpretation of it all. There are many other ways to fuck up, of course, such as letting ego get in the way and so on.
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#4On the other hand, there are plenty of people who worked hard and still failed in business due to bad luck. This article is pure fluff.
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#5Best advice I saw on the topic was a throwaway comment here on HN: "be lucky and don't fuck it up" - the hard work part equates a lot to "don't fuck it up" in my own interpretation of it all. There are many other ways to fuck up, of course, such as letting ego get in the way and so on.
Grab lady luck by the forelock and hold on tight.
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#6Hard work from those in the bottom works for the top, but rarely for those in the bottom.
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#7Why can't it be both? You can work hard and the business can still flop due to things outside of your control.
I started a business a year before Covid hit. I worked hard and did multiple weeks of working 6 - 7 days. Then Covid popped up and my customer base slowly dried up due to people struggling to make ends meet. Working hard wouldn't have prevent Covid.
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#8Best advice I saw on the topic was a throwaway comment here on HN: "be lucky and don't fuck it up" - the hard work part equates a lot to "don't fuck it up" in my own interpretation of it all. There are many other ways to fuck up, of course, such as letting ego get in the way and so on.
Exactly, luck is a necessary but not sufficient condition to success. I've witnessed individuals who were "at the right place and right time" (especially with regard to this recent wave of AI) and still didn't manage to capitalize on their headstart.
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#9You usually need to work hard to even be in the pool of people for whom such luck could strike.
So yeah, it's both, but I don't think anyone becomes a billionaire without luck.
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#10Why can't it be both? You can work hard and the business can still flop due to things outside of your control. I started a business a year before Covid hit. I worked hard and did multiple weeks of working 6 - 7 days. Then Covid popped up and my customer base slowly dried up due to people struggling to make ends meet. Working hard wouldn't have prevent Covid.
yeah, getting hit by a marco-economic event is sad because you also feel powerless
so luck is a part of it