“Even if something has just a one percent chance of success, success boils down to how fast you exhaust your ninety-nine failures. The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.”
What this quote means
This quote demystifies luck by presenting it as the result of preparation and persistence. Even with a low probability of success, the key is to quickly exhaust failures to reach success. It resonates because it encourages not giving up in the face of obstacles and seeing each failure as a step toward opportunity. Luck is not chance, but a prepared encounter.
How to apply it daily
List potential failures of a project. For each, plan a solution or alternative. Then, launch and iterate quickly.
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