Will You Buy the Same Lottery Number that Already Won?
"Will you buy the same lottery number that already won by someone?"
One of my reader asked me this question. This is a feedback to my new series "Lessons from...". The purpose of the series is to share the business lessons that I have learned about a person or a company.
The reader warned about survivor bias and also factors that played a large role on the person/ company's success. When a company or a person is successful, it is not due to skills but being lucky at the right place and right time. Therefore, the lessons are not lessons.Someone won a lottery because of luck, we cannot take that as lesson and buy the same lottery number expecting to win.
I agree with the feedback. As I continue to develop the series, I probably will stumble more that I can imagine. I believe that as I write the series, I can sharpen my senses to filter out the "BS" and find the common timeless themes.
Thus far, the one common theme that I noticed is "hard work". Jensen Huang, James Cameron and Lionel Martin, all worked very hard to develop their skills and leading their team.
I appreciate the feedback and warning. So far, I enjoy preparing and writing the series. I am looking forward to the next post.
Jensen Huang. Updated on: 15th December 2025