We know these clusters of unlucky events simply happen…
We know these clusters of unlucky events simply happen at random. Just by understanding this, we can significantly toughen ourselves against such misfortunes.
— from Takeoff Into Chaos · Practical Uncertainty: Useful Ideas in Decision-Making, Risk, Randomness, and AI by Hossei
In the book
A great deal of what feels like a personal curse is simply the arithmetic of randomness. Clusters of unlucky events happen by pure chance, and merely understanding that toughens you against them. We are forever inventing a "balancing force of the universe" — the gambler's certainty that a run of bad luck must now be due to turn — but with independent events there is no such force; the coin does not remember how it last landed. — Takeoff Into Chaos
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- Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit)
- Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience)