july

“success is given, it’s not earned”

i had a very similar conversation with a friend this morning, where i talked about being “tapped” by an important collector which then signals all the other collectors that an artist is worthy of their support.

who you know + who you can get to know by smooth talking your way into cabals + luck = determines your success 

everyone works hard. not everyone succeeds the same.

“We’re lying to our kids…success is given, it’s not earned.” @AnthonyMackie 

Powerful words and thoughts exchanged in this convo! 

Anthony Mackie speaks from the heart sharing how all our lives we preach to our youth what we were told- if you work hard, make good grades, be in… https://t.co/nIK77OFT2x

Pivot Podcast

“success is given, it’s not earned”

i had a very similar conversation with a friend this morning, where i talked about being “tapped” by an important collector which then signals all the other collectors that an artist is worthy of their support.

who you know + who you can get to know by smooth talking your way into cabals + luck = determines your success 

everyone works hard. not everyone succeeds the same. https://x.com/thepivot/status/1899592750137594033

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I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

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i had to ask gpt where this is from, haha. thanks for sharing!

I’m not religious, but it encapsulates things nicely.

Ironic that modern meritocracy has its origins in Protestantism.