Success is Born From Luck and Action

As you grow as an engineer, something counterintuitive happens: the systems you build get simpler, not more complex. In this episode, I explore why senior engineers tend to collapse abstractions, accept certain risks, and reduce the surface area they're responsible for — and what ... Show More

Accountability is a word you'll hear in your performance reviews, from your manager, and increasingly as you step into leadership. It's also one of the most abused and misunderstood concepts in our industry. Many of us have a visceral, negative reaction to it—not because the conc ... Show More

There's a cognitive trick our brains play whenever we face a hard question or a difficult decision: we quietly swap the hard thing for something easier to answer. It's called substitution, and we do it constantly — usually without noticing, and sometimes to our detriment. In toda ... Show More

Most successful people will tell you that hard work and talent can get you where you want to go. Fewer of them will admit that luck is at least as important. Some of us are born into luckier circumstances than others; but we can all do more to make our own luck, and be ready to c ... Show More

Explore the Dalai Lama's surprising quote: "Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck." Discover how to find opportunity in unexpected outcomes. Find the full transcript of this episode and learn more about it on https://englishpluspodcast.co ... Show More

<p>Most founders hope to get lucky. But luck isn't random - it can (and has to be) engineered. Today we'll break down exactly what luck is and how you can reverse engineer it. We'll help you identify Luck Gatekeepers and build your Luck Budget. You'll never think about entreprene ... Show More

<p>Build your character in a way so luck becomes deterministic. </p> <p>• Build your character so luck becomes your destiny 0:00</p> <p>• Build your character so opportunity finds you 1:12</p> <p>• You have to be a little eccentric to be out on the frontier by yourself 2:39 </p> ... Show More

Faith without works is dead. Luck is where preparation bumps into opportunity. Get out of your own way. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Faith without works is dead. Luck is where preparation bumps into opportunity. Get out of your own way. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Faith without works is dead. Luck is where preparation bumps into opportunity. Get out of your own way. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Faith without works is dead. Luck is where preparation bumps into opportunity. Get out of your own way. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

You’ve probably heard the saying that luck is when opportunity meets preparation. We think it’s more like 90% hard work and timing with 10% magic sprinkled in. Today, we’re sharing about the ways that we’ve created our own luck. We talk about how we’ve transformed our mindset to ... Show More

<p>This week's episode is a wake-up call that many of you need to hear. There's this belief that if we just choose the right niche, the perfect image for our ads, or get featured on the right podcast or magazine, we'll finally have our big break. Some of you are sitting around wa ... Show More