“Those who were unlucky in life in spite of their skills would eventually rise. The lucky fool might have benefited from some luck in life; over the longer run he would slowly converge to the state of a less-lucky idiot. Each one would revert to his long-term properties."
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Go to: High agency , Luck/serendipity , On life and learning , Memos
High agency
Are you a high-agency person?, Ryan Holiday (link)
High agency: what is it…how to cultivate it, Shreyas Doshi (link)
The most precious resource is agency, Simon Sarris (link)
“Don’t be afraid to ask for help”, Steve Jobs (link)
High agency explained, George Mack (link)
“Failure does not matter. Success matters”, Vinod Khosla (link)
54 lessons for entrepreneurs from Ryan Holiday’s Conspiracy, Steve Glaveski (link)
You are not a lottery ticket, Peter Thiel (link)
Luck/serendipity
How to create your own career luck, Christian Busch (link)
How to create luck (link)
How to maximize serendipity, David Perell (link)
3 ways to attract more luck into your life, Polina Pompliano (link)
Summary: Chase, chance, and creativity: The lucky art of novelty (link)
Chance, creativity, and idiosyncratic traits, Omar Ismail (link)
On life and learning
The path to mastery, Robert Greene (link)
The road to self renewal, John Gardener (link)
How well do you integrate? (link)
Crucibles of leadership, Warren Bennis and Robert J. Thomas (link)
Competition is for losers, Peter Thiel (link)
Peter Thiel’s Religion, David Perell (link)
Memos
Memos help demystify how people/institutions work.
Official emails, Michael Lynton - CEO Sony Pictures Entertainment (link)
Activist letters to CEOs/Boards, Carl Icahn (link)
‘Saying no’ as a VC, Sam Altman (Email)
No detail is too small to attend to, Amar Bhide (link)