Recently I put up a video of a great one-hour talk by the Director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, in which one of her key points was that successful people create their own luck. In case you didn't watch it (or as a quick review if you did) here's what she said about how to create your own luck:
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When possible,
meet new people—be curious. Amazing things start with random meetings.
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You need to know
how to fail fast and frequently. Failure is the secret sauce of Silicon Valley.
If you want more successes, you will have to tolerate more failures.
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Don’t wait to be
anointed. In the context of work, she says when you get a job you’re also
getting a key to the building—in other words, to the opportunities you see, not
only the ones you are assigned to handle. Entrepreneurs build a ladder below
them rather than climbing up one someone else created.
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Never miss an
opportunity to be fabulous. She says normally people in class do only the
minimum amount to get an “A” but when you set the standard at “fabulous” people
do amazing things.
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Entrepreneurship
is an extreme sport. You have to get out and do it.
(For how to be more creative and turn your ideas into action, see my newest book, "Creativity Now!", available from Amazon and other booksellers.)