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Hege Kristoffersen's avatar

"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Love this! ✨

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sol s⊙therland 🔸's avatar

Thanks Hege, it's quote we must remind ourselves time and time again.

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Latayne Scott's avatar

Concise and helpful writing. Thank you.

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sol s⊙therland 🔸's avatar

Latayne! Appreciate you for reading 🧡

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Marginal Gains's avatar

I agree that patience generally leads to success in most areas as long as your product is above average. Still, we should always know when to cut losses, move on, or pivot, especially in fast-changing technological areas. I think it is good to be adaptable based on the situation. Also, we only hear about people who eventually succeeded but not the ones who failed. The ratio of failure vs success leans towards more failures in most cases as persistence does not guarantee success, and sometimes you are just ahead of time with your idea.

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sol s⊙therland 🔸's avatar

Very valid. Survivorship bias definitely played its part.

Balancing patience with the ability to adapt and recognize when to change course is something most people don't cover (I didn't and will improve).

Thank you for sharing this nuanced perspective! 😊

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Marginal Gains's avatar

Luck also plays a big role even though most people do not want to talk about it.

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sol s⊙therland 🔸's avatar

Ok, yes to this.

I remember one time I saw a Note on Substack talking about "having faith and working hard is the key to success". I commented that "luck and timing plays a part too." The author told me that "I have no faith.". A self-proclaimed Dr. too.

Goes to show even "authority" figures are in their own delusions.

Love this conversation so far. Thank you!

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Marginal Gains's avatar

Most people build their luck through hard work, patience, and perseverance because It creates opportunity. However, a tiny population is fortunate and can avoid one or more of these characteristics and still be successful.

An excellent article here:

In recent years, a number of studies and books--including those by risk analyst http://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Improbable-Robustness-Fragility/dp/081297381X, investment strategist http://www.amazon.com/Success-Equation-Untangling-Business-Investing/dp/1422184234/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1519866890&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Success+Equation, and economist http://www.amazon.com/Success-Luck-Good-Fortune-Meritocracy/dp/0691178305/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1519866911&sr=1-1&keywords=Success+and+Luck-- have suggested that luck and opportunity may play a far greater role than we ever realized, across a number of fields, including financial trading, business, sports, art, music, literature, and science. Their argument is not that luck is everything; of course talent matters. Instead, the data suggests that we miss out on a really importance piece of the success picture if we only focus on personal charge in attempting to understand the determinants of success.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/beautiful-minds/the-role-of-luck-in-life-success-is-far-greater-than-we-realized/

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sol s⊙therland 🔸's avatar

Thank you!

I will check those out 🤓

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Marginal Gains's avatar

The first three are books mentioned in the article; only the last one is the article. Good luck!

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PALLAVI PREETINANDA's avatar

Am sorry that you had to endorse a transphobic person. Her success doesnt matter since her views on the LGBTQ community are catastrophic

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sol s⊙therland 🔸's avatar

strawman fallacy

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PALLAVI PREETINANDA's avatar

I wish it was. But it isn't. No one wants to be like J K Rowling. And she should be kept away from all children. All women. Basically everyone. Doesnt matter how strong her journey was, when all it boils down to be a hate mongering bully on the internet. Someone who was my favourite author growing up, she shouldnt be a role model for any child ever. Or anyone. No one.

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