Success is Born From Luck and Action

If you are a manager, a lead engineer, or anyone growing into more responsibility, this throwback episode is built for you. We keep hearing the same question, now louder than ever: "Why can't this go faster?" AI and agentic coding have made the literal coding step dramatically ch ...  Show more

The skills problem isn't going anywhere — it's just wearing new clothes. In this episode, I unpack how the lessons we learned decades ago (limiting work in progress, the theory of constraints, test-driven development) are coming roaring back as the fundamentals that will carry yo ...  Show more

Most successful people will tell you that hard work and talent can get you where you want to go. Fewer of them will admit that luck is at least as important. Some of us are born into luckier circumstances than others; but we can all do more to make our own luck, and be ready to c ...  Show more

Explore the Dalai Lama's surprising quote: "Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck." Discover how to find opportunity in unexpected outcomes. Find the full transcript of this episode and learn more about it on https://englishpluspodcast.co ...  Show more

Most founders hope to get lucky. But luck isn't random - it can (and has to be) engineered. Today we'll break down exactly what luck is and how you can reverse engineer it. We'll help you identify Luck Gatekeepers and build your Luck Budget. You'll never think about entreprene ...

Build your character in a way so luck becomes deterministic. 

• Build your character so luck becomes your destiny 0:00

• Build your character so opportunity finds you 1:12

• You have to be a little eccentric to be out on the frontier by yourself 2:39