I don’t think people don’t admit it, it is just too often people think “they are special”.
Admittedly, that is a critical part of being a founder/entrepreneur, otherwise knowing just how “stacked against you” the real world is would make you go running for the hills.
That said, I absolutely agree it is always about execution, with luck.
But to echo someone else’s comment: luck really is about opportunity + preparedness/ability to recognize a true opportunity.
For an analogy on the luck part: in poker, everyone is dealt the same hands in the long run. It is about being able to read both the cards and opponents effectively to routinely “win”.
On the execution part, it is all about focus, learning to know what is important and what really isn’t. Time spent on anything that doesn’t really matter slows you down. Of course the hard part is knowing what matters and what doesn’t. My simple advise here is to ask yourself two questions: What am I not getting done by doing this? What is more important, this or what I am giving up?
One word of caution on the above: understand what is urgent, and what is important, and don’t let things that are important but not urgent slide.
Admittedly, that is a critical part of being a founder/entrepreneur, otherwise knowing just how “stacked against you” the real world is would make you go running for the hills.
That said, I absolutely agree it is always about execution, with luck.
But to echo someone else’s comment: luck really is about opportunity + preparedness/ability to recognize a true opportunity.
For an analogy on the luck part: in poker, everyone is dealt the same hands in the long run. It is about being able to read both the cards and opponents effectively to routinely “win”.
On the execution part, it is all about focus, learning to know what is important and what really isn’t. Time spent on anything that doesn’t really matter slows you down. Of course the hard part is knowing what matters and what doesn’t. My simple advise here is to ask yourself two questions: What am I not getting done by doing this? What is more important, this or what I am giving up?
One word of caution on the above: understand what is urgent, and what is important, and don’t let things that are important but not urgent slide.