Sebas_Guzman
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I'm going to back up Anon2021 and I'm going to be way more agressive than I should be because you all need to understand who you're competeing against in general.
You guys aren't helping him when you redefine success. When you do that, you're pretty much just trying to make yourselves feel better, which in some cases is good, because people need to be in a good head space to maximize their chances of victory, but in some cases it makes it look like you're overlooking the root cause here. Every time I read it, I think--"Okay, that's not someone I ever have to worry about competing with. They lost so hard they're trying to find victory else where."
People that redefine the success presented by another are doing it because they've lost and need to find a way to carry on. That's fine, but don't overlook the one still trying to win according to their definition.
@Nefar you havent seen enough of the literary world and maybe the world.
"Hard work does not pay off" mine does and still does. "Hardwork gets lucky," is the counter thought, but the idea of that is you assume that you will never get lucky, so you just better work hard. You put things out there until something lands and then you seize on it.
No. I keep track of crippling failures engaging in what you call "literary masturbation." If you DONT hear about the 99% who failed, you are 100% going to be joining them. I study everyone that I can and I learn what not to do. Why should I fail when someone else has done it for everyone else to see? Luck still plays a factor, but the meta of this game is optimizing your chances until you're at near 99% certainty.
Someone that studies the market doesn't need luck, someone that goes in blind does.
This is true. Yeah, some know how to write, but they dont know how to sell.
Worth pointing out that "author" and entrepreneur are SUCH unregulated titles. Look, if anyone can get the title, you can't expect it to be a dazzling sample of humanity's greatest.
My programmed formula is pretty correct every time.
My story writing formula is pretty reliable too.
Thankfully, you do not need passion to make money. Yeah, you'll be dissatisfied in life, but if that dissatisfaction doesn't motivate you to change, do you really deserve to not suck so much? If you can do something about it and you don't? I mean. Why should anyone help you if you're not going to help yourself? That one's a little mean, but people have to realize that if they have the ability to change, they should try ready to fail.
Look man, here's the reality. You're nothing. You might be a bot for all I know. You know nothing. No one owes you their attention, and you don't owe anyone your thoughts.
People have their own lives. That's why people who took the time to learn stuff and powered through the worst parts will be able to maybe compete with the lucky ones and the talented ones.
1 in a 100.
I'll be lucky to be 1 in a hundred.
It won't be luck if I do a hundred. I'm going to get that one.
I look at my competitors, I look at their numbers. I look at what they do, how they think, where they go. Yeah, there's no luck here. There's development and implementation. Financial and social Success is born from study and going above the ones that think they have to get lucky to win. Everyone can win if they can learn the metagame. And of course, my heart goes out to the ones sincerely unable to. The luck of the draw is really at play when it comes to those conditions we can do nothing about.
But please, keep telling yourself it's luck. Makes sorting through the people who are worth listening to easier.
Also, be a moderate cynic. It's better than being a pessimist.
You guys aren't helping him when you redefine success. When you do that, you're pretty much just trying to make yourselves feel better, which in some cases is good, because people need to be in a good head space to maximize their chances of victory, but in some cases it makes it look like you're overlooking the root cause here. Every time I read it, I think--"Okay, that's not someone I ever have to worry about competing with. They lost so hard they're trying to find victory else where."
People that redefine the success presented by another are doing it because they've lost and need to find a way to carry on. That's fine, but don't overlook the one still trying to win according to their definition.
@Nefar you havent seen enough of the literary world and maybe the world.
"Hard work does not pay off" mine does and still does. "Hardwork gets lucky," is the counter thought, but the idea of that is you assume that you will never get lucky, so you just better work hard. You put things out there until something lands and then you seize on it.
No. I keep track of crippling failures engaging in what you call "literary masturbation." If you DONT hear about the 99% who failed, you are 100% going to be joining them. I study everyone that I can and I learn what not to do. Why should I fail when someone else has done it for everyone else to see? Luck still plays a factor, but the meta of this game is optimizing your chances until you're at near 99% certainty.
Someone that studies the market doesn't need luck, someone that goes in blind does.
This is true. Yeah, some know how to write, but they dont know how to sell.
I want to know who told you being an entrepreneur makes you immune to bad ideas.
Worth pointing out that "author" and entrepreneur are SUCH unregulated titles. Look, if anyone can get the title, you can't expect it to be a dazzling sample of humanity's greatest.
Yeah, they should probably keep it to themselves. Failures should only be shared when the person has fully learned from them in order to fully minimize the chances of depressive spirals. Asking for help and quoting a failure is fine though if you can actually take the advice.
I mean everything is probability, maybe. But, when I design a circuit, it's not 'luck' when it works 100% of the time until failure. Even the failure condition is based on the intrinsic conditions and degredation of material such that you can estimate failure time.
My programmed formula is pretty correct every time.
My story writing formula is pretty reliable too.
Yeah, people that have blind faith don't really have good chances. But when they get lucky, you know, god bless. I wish it was me XD
Thankfully, you do not need passion to make money. Yeah, you'll be dissatisfied in life, but if that dissatisfaction doesn't motivate you to change, do you really deserve to not suck so much? If you can do something about it and you don't? I mean. Why should anyone help you if you're not going to help yourself? That one's a little mean, but people have to realize that if they have the ability to change, they should try ready to fail.
Look man, here's the reality. You're nothing. You might be a bot for all I know. You know nothing. No one owes you their attention, and you don't owe anyone your thoughts.
People have their own lives. That's why people who took the time to learn stuff and powered through the worst parts will be able to maybe compete with the lucky ones and the talented ones.
1 in a 100.
I'll be lucky to be 1 in a hundred.
It won't be luck if I do a hundred. I'm going to get that one.
I look at my competitors, I look at their numbers. I look at what they do, how they think, where they go. Yeah, there's no luck here. There's development and implementation. Financial and social Success is born from study and going above the ones that think they have to get lucky to win. Everyone can win if they can learn the metagame. And of course, my heart goes out to the ones sincerely unable to. The luck of the draw is really at play when it comes to those conditions we can do nothing about.
But please, keep telling yourself it's luck. Makes sorting through the people who are worth listening to easier.
Also, be a moderate cynic. It's better than being a pessimist.
