Comments on: Get Lucky http://effectivus.com/2009/11/get-lucky/ helping technology companies create products that delight Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:04:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://effectivus.com/2009/11/get-lucky/#comment-107 Chris Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:40:01 +0000 http://effectivus.com/?p=906#comment-107 Hi Gid! What a fab quote. I'm a big follower of Taleb, it's just all those other guys who think that success is some magic snake oil they can sell you... Hi Gid!
What a fab quote.
I’m a big follower of Taleb, it’s just all those other guys who think that success is some magic snake oil they can sell you…

]]> By: Gideon Smith http://effectivus.com/2009/11/get-lucky/#comment-106 Gideon Smith Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:05:06 +0000 http://effectivus.com/?p=906#comment-106 Whilst Porter and Hamel don't have much to say about luck, it's a big part of Nassim Taleb's philosophy on life and success - "Fooled by Randomness" is somewhat of a turgid read but his views on luck are certainly compelling. BTW - favourite quote on luck: "I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm." Franklin D Roosevelt Whilst Porter and Hamel don’t have much to say about luck, it’s a big part of Nassim Taleb’s philosophy on life and success – “Fooled by Randomness” is somewhat of a turgid read but his views on luck are certainly compelling.

BTW – favourite quote on luck:
“I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.” Franklin D Roosevelt

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