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fallingknife
on Dec 11, 2022
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Be wary of imitating high-status people who can af...
Your "for the record" doesn't work even for that. Failure does not offset success.
ChrisMarshallNY
on Dec 11, 2022
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> Your "for the record" doesn't work even for that. Failure does not offset success.
I'm afraid that I don't understand the comment.
Sorry. I'm stupid that way.
fallingknife
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In business, failure is the default outcome, not a negative. Someone who has failed 9 times and won big once is pretty much in the same place as someone who has tried once and succeeded once. Both are way ahead of someone who is 0-0.
ChrisMarshallNY
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Ah. That makes sense. Good point.
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