TITLE: The Smart Already Know They Are Lucky
AUTHOR: Eugene Wallingford
DATE: April 28, 2019 10:37 AM
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Writes Matthew Butterick:

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 As someone who had a good run in the tech world, I buy the
 theory that the main reason successful tech founders start
 another company is to find out if they were smart or merely
 lucky the first time.  Of course, the smart already know
 they were also lucky, so further evidence is unnecessary.
 It's only the lucky who want proof they were smart.
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 From a previous update to
<A HREF="https://practicaltypography.com/billionaires-typewriter.html#update-14-months-later">
   The Billionaire's Typewriter</A>,
 recently updated again.  I'm not sure this is the main reason
 that most successful tech founders start another company -- I
 suspect that many are simply ambitious and driven -- but I do
 believe that most successful people are lucky many times over,
 and that the self-aware among them know it.
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