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Try stuff. I also used to believe that it's better to be smart than lucky because if you're smart you can out-think the competition. I don't believe that anymore-this is not to say that you should strive for a high level of stupidity. My point is that luck is a big part of many successes, so (a) don't get too bummed out when you see a bozo succeed; and (b) luck favors the people who try stuff, not simply think and analyze. As the Chinese say, "One must wait for a long time with your mouth open before a Peking duck flies in your mouth."


Citations

Kawasaki, Guy. Rules for Revolutionaries: The Capitalist Manifesto for Creating and Marketing New Products and Services. HarperBusiness, 1999, p. 19.

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Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki
  • Born: August 30, 1954
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Author, Former Apple Fellow

Guy Takeo Kawasaki is an American marketing specialist, author, and Silicon Valley venture capitalist. He was one of the Apple employees originally responsible for marketing their Macintosh computer line in 1984. He popularized the word evangelist in marketing the Macintosh as an "Apple evangelist" and the concepts of evangelism marketing and technology evangelism/platform evangelism in general.