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#269 - Richard Meadows - Optionality: How To Make Your Own Luck In Life

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Putting Irons in the Fire

A spectacular success is a matter of putting irons in the fire, yes. So look for those asymetric opportunities and just snap them up,. Just build a portfolio over years. If you take one of these speculative plays, probably they won't. But the ideas you're building a portfolio, one of them is going to pay off at some point in time - so keep stacking up opportunities wherever you see them. And itsa that stoic principle wot ge in, a focus on the things that are within your control. The universe could could either make you or break you at any point along the way. It's very useful to always maintain some livel or optionality.

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