@digiii: <b>"We become what we repeated...
"We become what we repeatedly do." — Sean Covey
"Volume negates luck." — Alex Hormozi
The more attempts that you make directly equates to your mathematical probability of success.
The higher your volume input, the more you minimize the role of chance, and accelerate your learning through repetition.
If you have a 10% chance of succeeding at a task, making 10 attempts gives you roughly a 65% chance of succeeding at least once, while making 20 attempts pushes your odds to 87%.
The more shots that you take, the higher chance you have of making it.
Let us think of the Greeks, The Romans, The Macedonians:
Great conquerers, Rulers of nations, master tacticians, Military genius.
How did they get there? It was not by accident.
They fought many battles and wars. They learned from their mistakes and the mistakes of others. They took chances. Their volume input was extremely high. They did not settle for mediocre. They wanted it all and went and got it.
We remember Alexander the Great today because he built one of the largest empires in the ancient world and for his unprecedented and undefeated military record. In just 13 years, his empire stretched from Greece to Egypt and as far as northwestern India.
After conquering all, “when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer.”
The people we remember thousands of years later have many things in common but one was input volume. They mastered what they did because they failed more times than their competitors tried.
Spartan warriors were not feared for nothing. They were fierce warriors.
"The Agoge: Starting at age 7, Spartan boys entered a brutal, state-mandated educational and training system designed to strip away individuality and forge absolute obedience, physical endurance, and combat mastery."
Their input volume happened everyday from the age of 7. They trained without fail, without days off, without any distractions.
Their volume was higher than that of their foes and that is why they won so many battles.
Let us think about the pottery class paradox:
At the end of the semester, the most beautiful, creative, and highest-quality pots ALL came from the Quantity group.
That class that was obsessed with making as many pots as possible, focused less on the output of the individual. Instead they increased the sample size and as a result the output was more successful. They learned how to master the process. The other class obsessed over the individual and because of this they lacked iteration and repetition and didn't actually learn how to make the perfect pot.
When the focus is volume, mastery comes as a by product of repetition.
The class tasked with making the perfect pot did not have the data to adequately express what a perfect pot looks like. The class tasked with quantity of pots made stumbled onto perfection as a result of their repetition. They were able to learn from their mistakes and iterate on them.
"Life is a game of volume—meaning success, skill-building, and mastery are fundamentally driven by the sheer frequency and scale of your output rather than waiting for flawless precision."
THE LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS
The Law of Large Numbers (LLN) is a fundamental probability theorem stating that as a sample size grows, its average gets closer to the true average of the whole population. Simply put, the more times you repeat an experiment, the closer the observed results will get to the theoretical expected value.
The Principle: If you flip a coin 10 times, you might get 8 heads (an 80% average), which deviates from the expected 50%. However, if you flip it 10,000 times, the percentage of heads will converge almost exactly to 50.0%.
No "Compensation": The law doesn't mean the universe "balances out" past anomalies (e.g., if you roll the dice and miss a number, it's not "due" to hit). Instead, it just means that as total trials grow, those early deviations become too small to noticeably shift the overall average.
Implementing the law of large numbers into your life means you increase the sample size of whatever you are doing.
What this means?
Simply just do more. Life is a game of volume.
You must increase your sample size. The more shots you take (dates, business development outbound initiated, sales calls made, articles written), the higher the probability that a few will result in massive success.
Quantity Precedes Quality: Perfection paralyzes progress. Creating a high volume of work is the fastest mechanism for real feedback. You iterate through bad ideas faster to find what actually works.
Building Compound Habits: Small, consistent actions (a high daily volume) compound over time, making exponential growth possible.
"Life is a game of volume and repetition. Mastery in any field - whether it is writing, business, health, or even tweeting - rarely comes from a single stroke of genius. Instead, it is the result of showing up consistently, putting in the hours, and refining your craft through countless iterations."
Malcom Gladwell repeatedly refers to the “10 000-hour rule,” asserting that the key to achieving true expertise in any skill is simply a matter of practicing, albeit in the correct way, for at least 10 000 hours.
Volume input matters.
INCREASE YOUR VOLUME
The people who are at the top of their respective niches didn't get there by accident. Their volume of input into life and the respective vertical was so much higher than anyone else that there really was no other choice but to rise to the top.
The best writers have written 100,000 articles more than you, thats why they are better at it.
The best clippers have clipped 100,000 times more than you, thats why they are better at it.
The best athletes have trained 100,000 times more than you, thats why they are better at it.
The best founders have tried 100,000 times more than you, thats why they are better at it.
Put more reps in. Take more shots. Zoom out.
Repetition is not a short term game. It is long and arduous. The satisfaction comes later but it is much more fruitful.
Game theory reveals that repetition and volume (the number of interactions) fundamentally change how rational actors behave, shifting the focus from immediate, zero-sum exploitation to long-term cooperation and value creation.
LIFE IS A GAME OF VOLUME.
DO MORE.
TRY MORE.
FAIL MORE.
LEARN MORE.
PUT MORE NUMBERS ON THE BOARD.
Stop waiting around.
The more times you play the game, the more you reduce the impact of bad luck or variance. Eventually, probability swings in your favour.
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