Work hard, not in grunt work, but in chasing such opportunities and ma…

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Work hard, not in grunt work, but in chasing such opportunities and maximizing exposure to them. This makes living in big cities invaluable because you increase the odds of serendipitous encounters-you gain exposure to the envelope of serendipity. ✨ Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility, p.209, Random House
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