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correctly predicting the future is insufficient for success. you must also predict when it will happen. if your predictions (convictions) are correct but on a timeline that exceeds your runway you die. surviving and thriving requires being both right and right on time

What’s the difference between timing and luck?

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There are endless examples of people who were the best in their fields and prepared endlessly, but the opportunity didn’t arrive for them. 

For example, AI researchers in the 1970s.

Right. Sometimes the timing never comes despite preparation. But the right timing doesn’t happen if you don’t aim for it. Luck on the other hand can happen whether you intend it to or not.