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Mar 2019
5m 20s

Making Money Isn't About Luck

Naval
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Making money isn't about luck. It's about becoming the kind of person who makes money.

• Making money isn't about luck 0:00

• Blind luck 0:46

• Luck from hustling 0:55

• Luck from preparation 1:35

• Luck from your unique character 1:51

• In 1,000 parallel universes, you want to be wealthy in 999 of them 2:54

• Wealth stacks up one chip at a time, not all at once 4:11

Transcript: http://nav.al/money-luck

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