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24 alternatives to Will's Personal Development: The Luck Vs. Hard Work Debate

What matters more? Luck or hard work?

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Will's Personal Development: The Luck Vs. Hard Work Debate launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Talent vs. Luck – A recreation of the paper's model▲86
2018 · joshuaballoch.github.io · its alternatives →
2
Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice▲64
Clayton M. Christensen's book on Jobs-to-be-Done.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
Success: effort or luck?▲117
Discover how succesful people reach the top
2020 · rameerez.com · its alternatives →
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Seeking Wisdom: Why Great Products Don't Always Win▲61
Stories and ideas about personal and professional growth.
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
5
Slow to Fast - 01: On Diamonds and Happiness▲57
Design sprints and how to kill the blame game
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
6
The Freelancer - Process vs outcome mentality▲61
I’ve been thinking a lot about happiness and gravy.
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
7
Design Luck▲4
Tools for designing your own luck.
2017 · writepaperfor.me · its alternatives →
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Create Or Hate: Successful People Make Things▲128
We are all creative — there is a creator in you.
2016 · createorhate.com · its alternatives →
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Waking Up #44 - Being Good and Doing Good: A Conversation with William MacAskill▲55
Effective altruism, moral illusions, and existential risk
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Creative Confidence▲68
Creativity and innovation, not just for the "creative types"
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Hustle - Lean on Research▲67
Balancing time to design and the time to research.
2016 · its alternatives →
12
Process — Succeeding through struggles ▲54
I interview Jason Zook on how struggles lead us to success
2015 · its alternatives →
13
Courageous Self-Confidence: Ann Betz▲53
Neuroscience, life coaching, and trusting dreams
2016 · couragehub.com · its alternatives →
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Will's Personal Development - The Secret of Self-Discipline▲54
The Secret of Self-Discipline
2017 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
15
Ego Is The Enemy▲140
Ryan Holiday's new book on humility and resilience
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
Mindset▲75
The New Psychology of Success
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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RISK: True Tales Boldly Told - Tough Guys▲55
RISK: True Tales Boldly Told
2016 · risk-show.com · its alternatives →
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Self-Reliance▲68
Independence, non-conformity, and trusting oneself
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think▲74
The blueprint of an abundant future
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success▲98
Teaching a growth mindset creates motivation & productivity
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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An interactive simulation to explore the effect of luck in success▲8
You could work as hard as you wanted and still not be successful. It’s not an opinion — it’s math. Play and discover how successful people reach the top.
2020 · rameerez.com · its alternatives →
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Rational Choice in an Uncertain World▲55
The psychology of judgment and decision making
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Seeking Wisdom - 12: Is Work Life Balance A Myth?▲60
Lessons to help accelerate your learning.
2016 · drift.com · its alternatives →
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FemgineerTV - 16: How Practicing Creative Confidence Can Help You Embrace Risk▲59
Applying design thinking to personal development
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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