Quote: (06-01-2014 01:18 AM)Truth Teller Wrote:
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Totally agreed. Luck plays a HUGE role in anything. John Rockefeller was a very intelligent man, but there were a ton of other oil refineries. He was able to negotiate a massive deal with Cornelius Vanderbilt to ship his oil, whereas others weren't. There were plenty of companies making oil, just Standard Oil was lucky enough to become the best.
For what it's worth, I think he's an arrogant prick as well. If he were to go back 30 years and try to pull that shit (wearing the sweatshirt to meetings), he'd be laughed out of the office.
Perhaps this is a form of Schadenfreude, but I'm happy that Facebook is becoming increasingly irrelevant.
It´s not just luck. Luck is winning at the lottery. Building empires like Microsoft, Facebook or Standard Oil takes an incredible amount of dedication, determination, hard work, taking huge risks etc. Some guys here, make it look, like it´s a walk in the park. Bill Gates didn´t take a single day of vacation from when he was 20 years old until he was 30. How many average Joes are willing to make such a sacrifice?