Entrepreneur Myths: The Harder I Work, the Luckier I Get

In the book Entrepreneur Myths: The Startup Reality, I dispel 57 myths about entrepreneurship. One myths I haven't addressed is the myth that the harder you work the more successful you become. I do work hard, but the wiser I get, the more I realize that working harder is not going to make you any luckier.

There are sayings that imbed themselves into any culture. One saying I encountered as a boy, after my family moved to America, was “The harder I work, the luckier I get.” This might have app...