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Re:Before They Were Successful, These People Were Rejected by jaymon on Wednesday March 24, 2010 @05:12AM (#1215304)
This reminds of the Evan Williams quote from "Founders at Work" pg 124:

"luck comes in many forms -- and often looks bad at first. I always look back on the deals that we didn't do and the things that didn't work out, and realize what seemed like a bummer at the time was really lucky [...] if you have some plan and it doesn't go that way, roll with it. There's no way to know if it's good or bad until later, if ever."

Re:Before They Were Successful, These People Were Rejected by wallflower on Wednesday March 24, 2010 @05:54AM (#1215353)
If you ever want an interesting look into the psyche of a person / have them reveal themselves, ask them to describe to you situations in which they were 'lucky'.
Re:Before They Were Successful, These People Were Rejected by nishantmodak on Wednesday March 24, 2010 @02:42PM (#1216489)
this sounds entirely like 'connecting the dots' from Steve Jobs famous speech.