Framework Friday: The Secret to Being Lucky

My First Million

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways Most people think that luck and risk are outside of their control, but that may not be entirely true The four types of luck: blind luck, fortune favors the bold, chance favors the prepared mind and the luck that finds you The four types of risk: mediocrity, safety, eyes-wide-shut, and market-execution-technical risk Mediocrity is the biggest risk for someone that wants to be great Instead of only thinking about putting your personal self at risk, think about whether or not you’re putting your dream at riskObjectively evaluate if your current trajectory is leading you to where you ultimately want to bePeople often think starting a company is risky, but the worst thing that can happen is it fails and you learn things along the way

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Episode #380: Shaan Puri (@shaanvp) talks about the different kinds of luck, how to put yourself in a position to be lucky, and how to mitigate different kinds of risk.

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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.

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