The rate of offers has changed dramatically in the past decade or two though. We are bombarded with "opportunities" now. I believe people who are fit for one environment is not for the other.
That only makes the Mr Market advice more important, no? Opportunities may come to your doorstep, but the fact that they are there does not mean you have to take them if you determine they won't bring you further to your goals.
FWIW, for my personally I get drastically fewer unwanted offers in the form of advertising etc than two decades ago. Adblock and a spotify subscription instead of ad-supported radio makes a huge difference.
I get a lot of “offers” in the form of learning anything faster on YouTube. It’s too much. I have to also contemplate and sit still. I refuse most offers in that sense
Same, with youtube premium for music and cutting ads on yt (hope to pat more to cut the cancerous shorts bs too) and Vivaldi browser on mobile - virtually 0 ads
Indeed - you have to have a sense of the "scam base rate". How likely is it that an opportunity is bad simply because someone is trying to sell it to you?
