you have to expose yourself to luck.

During my first few years in this space, I used to hear a certain type of comment that, although not necessarily ill-intentioned, would bother me a little. "Man, you got so lucky." "How did you manage

During my first few years in this space, I used to hear a certain type of comment that, although not necessarily ill-intentioned, would bother me a little. "Man, you got so lucky." "How did you manage to pick that one? It had a 0.001% chance of working out, and it actually did." Comments like these made me feel as though people were dismissing my efforts. As if the results I had achieved were simply a product of chance rather than the decisions I had made, the time I had invested, or the risks I