[wsxcde]

Thought-provoking article.

I got over my obsession with emulating others' success when I realized that a lot of supposedly successful people were successful primarily because they were also lucky. Once you accept that a big factor in whether you'll end up "successful" is just chance, it becomes easier to accept that it may not be entirely under your control and so there's no reason to obsess about it.

PG's advice, which in some ways is a restatement of the Bhagvad Gita's best-known verse, really speaks to me. Just focus on doing the best you can on the things that actually interest you. The rest will follow, and if it doesn't, that's okay. At least you'll have had fun doing your thing.

[philbarr]

> At least you'll have had fun doing your thing.

Whilst working 40+ hours a week for someone who was lucky enough that "the rest did follow."

[devdas]

That assumes that running a business is your thing..

[bagacrap]

It sounds like you're bitter about working "for" someone else. This might be an ego problem and the solution is not to just be an entrepreneur because that won't solve the root issue.

[slothtrop]

Maybe entrepreneurs are in part driven by ego. Taking on huge risk takes motivation.