2607: Does Luck Matter More Than Skill by Cal Newport
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement
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The Importance of a Project = Project Potential Times Serendipity
The importance of a project equals project potential times serendipitous factors. The more rare and valuable your skills, generally speaking, the more potential you have for the project to succeed. This equation helps explain examples like Stephanie Meyer's huge serendipity factor. But it tells us that Meyer's example is not a generally replicatable strategy.
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