cannot recommend this enough by @wolfejoshhttps://twitter.com/Lux_Capital/status/1064994961316167680 …
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Bro, I'm 6 minutes into that and...it is a lot of bullshit. Had to turn it off. For example, people do not succeed because of adversity. They succeed despite it. To succeed, you need to persevere through adversity, so all great long-lasting successes have it as a component.
It's a survivorship bias thing. If adversity were the cause of success, we'd all be clamoring to live in the hood, which kills 100 dreams for every one it creates. So, then, why so many incredible adopted entrepreneur stories (Bezos, Ellison, Jobs)?
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In every account I've read, they actually all grew up in loving homes with loving parents. Yeah, sure it's preferable to not be adopted, but, we all have our problems - it could be worse.
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Parents who abandon their kids are non-conforming risk-takers. Bezos, Ellison, and Jobs inherited that from their parents, without the other baggage. They're all not only super-smart, but risk-loving and non-conforming.
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