Fortune Favors the Bold
A Latin proverb (Audentes fortuna iuvat) asserting that those who act with courage and take risks are more likely to achieve success. It functions as a mental model for overcoming inertia and the planning-fallacy by prioritizing decisive action over cautious hesitation.
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Antithesis: look-before-you-leap See Also: survivorship-bias version-01