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What is sustainable success?
Several years ago, I came up with a Venn diagram similar to Ravikant’s criteria for going all-in on an idea.
A Venn diagram of a good bet. You need the overlap of fascination, inclination, and situation.
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Components of sustainable success
My model has three core components:
- A fascination with the domain;
- The inclination to do the work; and
- A situation that compounds.
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Screening for false hopes
If you only have two of the three, move on and keep searching. False hopes come in three types:
- A Bad Bet: If you have fascination and inclination but no situation, you’ve found a tempting-but-bad bet.
- A Distraction: If you have fascination and situation but no inclination, you’ve found a distraction.
- A Wasted Effort: If you have inclination and situation but no fascination, you’ve found something unsustainable.
But when you find the magic combination of all three, bet big and stick with it. Go all in and let the effort compound over a long timeline.
Anything you’re given doesn’t matter. Your real résumé is just a catalog of all your [[suffering]]. You have to do hard things to create your own meaning in life. 844 Making money is a fine thing to choose. Go struggle. 847