[marginalia_nu]

This is hinging on the assumption that there is a how. You can do everything a successful person does and still fail spectacularly -- many people aiming for success do. It isn't like baking cookies where you are more or less guaranteed a result if you do the correct steps.

[quickthrower2]

Mathematically most people can’t be as successful as the say top 0.01% even if they all tried their ass off and followed every famous rich person essay to the letter. There is a lot of people not trying sure, but alot that are. Check out the next burnout Tell HN.

[chrisweekly]

Yeah, that's the TLDR for Ben Horowitz's "The Hard Thing About Hard Things" -- there is no recipe.

[hackernewds]

Also hinges on the assumption that Elon Musk is someone that one should aspire to emulate.