Great by Choice = ROL

Return on Luck: = 10xers have productive paranoia, empirical creativity, fanatic discipline... which creates huge margins of safety.  ROL requires a new mental muscle.  There are smart decisions and wise decisions.  And one form of wisdom is the ability to judge when to let luck disrupt our plans. Not all time in life is equal. The question is, when the unequal moment comes, do we recognize it, or just let it slip? But, just as important, do we have the fanatic, obsessive discipline to keep marching, to push the opportunity to the extreme, to make the most of the chances we’re given?  Luck favors the persistent.  Getting a high ROL requires throwing yourself at the luck event with ferocious intensity, disrupting your life and not letting up.  Steve Jobs didn’t just get a lucky break and cash in his chips.  He kept pushing, driving, working — and sustained that effort for more than three  decades.  That’s not luck — that’s return on luck.  Here’s to the crazy ones.  If you stay in the game long enough, providence finds you.  [excerpt from Jim Collins new book “Great by Choice” ]