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Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by PragmaticPulp on Monday March 01, 2021 @11:12AM (#26304208)
The important part is to focus on the things you can control. Luck always plays a role, but your own actions decide how prepared you are to capitalize on lucky breaks when they arrive.

Luck is important, but it’s a mistake to try to attribute the success of others purely to luck. Someone winning the lottery is lucky. Someone who gets hired because a company noticed their quality GitHub commits to a project relevant to their needs is also lucky, but their success isn’t the result of luck alone.

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Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by andromeduck on Monday March 01, 2021 @12:52PM (#26305693)
Yeah there's also thousands of potential opportunities like that over course of years, each with the potential to open new doors. One lucky break does not success make and a lucky break without the talent or drive to back it quickly collapses.
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