Mashable: The advice 13 entrepreneurs would give their younger selves

What some of today’s top entrepreneurs would tell their younger selves when first starting out.

Call me negative, but I agree with very few of these—and really even the ones I agree with I don’t classify as being important..

There are two paths to success: Luck and hard work. 

The hard work is the one where it seems the most failures take place..
The luck?
Well let me say it this way.. there are a number of business owners I know that fall into three categories:

1. People who are smart, but don’t have confidence in themselves or the choices they make. They mean well, but often have too much doubt to succeed


2. People who are dumb, and make really dumb decisions. They know they are dumb..


3. People who are dumb, but don’t know they are dumb, and have wild success in business..

I know a farmer who opened a restaurant. He does not have great people skills, only a small click of friends.. but a successful business. No tact. But a track record of just making food and having a place. Not too shabby.

I am a little negative about good business experiences.. I think it’s more a matter of dumb luck—sometimes literally.

Mashable: The advice 13 entrepreneurs would give their younger selves