Shane Parrish

the more you use them, the more you

What’s not obvious is

the gap between what is necessary to succeed and what is sufficient is often luck, chance, or some other factor beyond your direct control.

Assume you wanted to make it into the Fortune 500. Capital is necessary, but not sufficient. Hard work is necessary, but not sufficient. Intelligence is necessary, but not sufficient. Billionaire success takes all of those things and more, plus a lot of luck. That’s a big reason that there’s no recipe.