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What he's trying to say, I think, is that you can only benefit from "being at the right place at the right time" if you have put in the effort to be ready to ca
by jefarmstrong 16y ago
What he's trying to say, I think, is that you can only benefit from "being at the right place at the right time" if you have put in the effort to be ready to capitalize on that moment. If you put in the hard work, then there are many right moments and right places, otherwise they're just another moment that passes you by. DHH seems to be very angry lately, no?
- stcredzero 16y agoLuck comes to the prepared mind. --Louis Pasteur
- mdg 16y agoluck = preparation + oppurtunity - Jim Greco
- joshu 16y agoopportunity = preparation - luck ?
- TheSOB88 16y agoCan you not math? Opportunity is luck minus preparation.
- joshu 16y agoI cannot math :(
- Psyonic 16y agoheh, that equation doesn't hold up commutatively, apparently :) I take it luck is more than the sum of its parts
- leelin 16y agojoshu wrote: opportunity = preparation - luck ? I think you missed a -1 on one side of the equation. :P Opp = Luck - Prep actually makes a bit of sense... it's the fortunate event component without the taking-advantage-of-it component.
- pchristensen 16y agoDHH has always been like that. His personal website is loudthinking.com