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be smart and unlucky

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Dumb Luck

Jan 24, 2012

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be smart and unlucky

Intelligence lets you create your own opportunities and compensate for bad fortune through skill, planning, and sound decision-making
Being smart means you can understand and diagnose misfortune rather than being its helpless victim
Cognitive ability compounds over time and remains yours regardless of circumstances, while luck is entirely outside your control

be dumb and really lucky

When things always go your way, you never need to figure them out—good fortune produces outcomes that effort might fail to achieve
Consistent luck across every domain—career, finances, health, and relationships—is a more comprehensive advantage than intelligence alone
The lottery, lucky breaks at work, and avoiding disasters deliver material results that smart-but-unlucky people may never manage to reach

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