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I am very good at being lucky, and it is by far the hardest thing to talk about publicly https://t.co/gxasJX7sbl
this stuff is relevant, although by the time i encountered this i was already 10+ years into luckmaxxing in my own life https://t.co/OqmTWpYNpU
here is a bit of my summary of @pmarca's 2007 blogpost about James Austin's 4 kinds of luck, from his 1978 book Chase, Chance and Creativity 1. blind luck 2. add variability through tinkering 3. add discernment 3. add unique frame of reference https://t.co/VC2iCbu8kk
i often find myself saying "it's just math". there are things with potential upside with fixed cost that doesn't cost that much and you can just repeat it thoughtfully and keep your eyes open scanning the periphery and move fast when opportunity presents https://t.co/rJLvXqnumg
people don't really do the math 0.1% of people is a lot of people most aren't willing to take 1000 shots for the 0.1% payoff they'll write it off as risky lottery chasing but you just need to be able to afford those 1000 shots then it's just math, and victory is inevitable
a big part of luckmaxxing is you follow some heuristic as long as it's helpful, and then when you notice it's not working, you stop. and people are like "but i thought you said..." yea i said what i said but then the situation changed and i changed my mind
a bunch of it is knowing what you want and saying it out loud clearly so people can help. joke abt outcomes u want bunch of it is talking to tonnes of people, as above. do100thing bunch of it is optimizing for survival i've actually probably tweeted everything already really
oh yea. i basically invest attention in people. I can spot people who are at about 1,000-2,000 followers, for eg, who have a pretty good shot of growing to 50k, some to 100k and beyond. my mutuals list speaks for itself https://t.co/IlVPQ6xxBD
i keep ending up in situations where i'm the only guy who reads the instructions https://t.co/cLDI8TjnUa
^ pairs beautifully with https://t.co/s5stEDnF5c