The Acquirers Podcast Winning Long-Term Games and Ergodicity with Author Luca Dellanna | S07 E36
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Oct 23, 2025 Luca Dellanna, an author and consultant known for his insightful works on ergodicity, discusses fascinating ideas on long-term success. He shares how survival strategies often outshine short-term gains, illustrated through real-life scenarios. Dellanna critiques the finance sector's misunderstanding of ergodicity and emphasizes the importance of building sustainable relationships. He touches on how AI reflects human biases, the power of reproducible strategies versus luck, and the vital balance between short-term needs and long-range goals.
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Survival Trumps Short-Term Performance
- Luca tells the story of his cousin, a talented skier who kept breaking his leg and had to quit professional skiing.
- He uses this to show that survival matters more than peak performance over the long term.
Short-Term Wins Can Kill Long-Term Success
- Winning long-term games requires doing things that are suboptimal short-term but compound over time.
- Short-term tactics that maximize today's returns often destroy long-term outcomes like trust and survival.
Build Trust, Don’t Consume It
- Build trust rather than consume it when running a newsletter or business.
- Prioritize actions that make people more likely to engage with you in the future, not immediate sales.
