Collect as many lottery tickets as you can

Ada Yeoadayeo.substack.comWritten July 26, 20223 min read

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Yeo argues the best life-decision rule is to collect bets with capped downside and uncapped upside, act fast on lucky breaks, and double down on what pays off, as when she chose a crypto startup over Google.

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