"What we’re forgetting in that instance, as billionaire serial entrepreneur [[Richard Branson]] likes to say, is that “**business opportunities are like buses; there’s always another coming around**.” One meeting is nothing in a lifetime of meetings, one deal is just one deal. **In fact, we may have actually dodged a bullet. The next opportunity might be better**." ([Location 572](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00IX49OS4&location=572)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[failure]], [[adversity]], [[resilience]], [[optimism]], [[leadership]], [[fooled-by-randomness]], **Source** -- [[202409180132 - B - The Obstacle is the Way]] **See Also** -- [[202409250401 - AtN - You Don't Have to Swing at Every Pitch]]