Is there any template available to be Successful? I know many have written in length and some made worth fortune on the topic.<\/p>\n
But what exactly is a success?<\/p>\n
* Finding a soulmate?
\n* A billion dollar exit?
\n* Being right in predicting Black Swan occurrence?<\/p>\n
Socrates drank hemlock and lived on a life seeking self-knowledge.
\nPlato talks about know thyself.
\nEpictetus says a man should live in accordance with nature.<\/p>\n
Is success all about being right with predictions, bets. Is fast-paced communication affecting it? Has our decision-making window shrunk? Have we become biased and prejudiced?<\/p>\n
How many of fallen victim for :<\/p>\n
* Everyone is watching X on Netflix. It must be good. It turns out a shit show.
\n* As an investor, everyone is investing in that hot idea and a passionate founder.
\n* Friends booked a flat and I should follow them.
\n* You have crossed 30, get married or you will die single.
\n* You need to be working 18 hours and be passionate. That will make you succeed.<\/p>\n
Tata and Reliance would have had the different fate in Whatsapp, Quora or Twitter era? Entire would have advised Jamsetji Tata<\/a> or Dhirubhai Ambani<\/a> what to do to become successful.<\/p>\n I doubt they would have wasted time listening to startup podcasts. I doubt they have wasted time reading Steve blank, Ben Horowitz, Tim Ferris, Paul Graham or Peter Thiel.<\/p>\n Or was it sharp focus, perseverance, persistence, some luck, close friends and customers? Or was it the customers and users who believed in them? Or were they solving a real problem and delighting their users?<\/p>\n What made them successful?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Is there any template available to be Successful? I know many have written in length and some made worth fortune on the topic. But what exactly is a success? * Finding a soulmate? * A billion dollar exit? * Being right in predicting Black Swan occurrence? Socrates drank hemlock and lived on a life seeking … <\/p>\n