Re:Confirmation Bias – Why nobody is allowed to be successfu...
by coldtea on Sunday August 26, 2018 @02:00PM
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>What everyone seems to forget is the truth that a successful person is one who failed a lot and just tried one more time. For example - Dr Seuss was rejected by 100 publishers before he found one that said yes. What's the important part of that story? He kept trying.
So, what percentage of those that kept trying eventually succeeded? Aren't there people who kept trying forever and didn't get anywhere and then they died?
And inversely, aren't there people who succeeded without even trying, from their first venture? In fact, what failures did Zuckerberg built before FB, Jobs before Apple, Gates before Microsoft, Brin and co before Google? For all of them their success was on their very first venture...
So, what percentage of those that kept trying eventually succeeded? Aren't there people who kept trying forever and didn't get anywhere and then they died?
And inversely, aren't there people who succeeded without even trying, from their first venture? In fact, what failures did Zuckerberg built before FB, Jobs before Apple, Gates before Microsoft, Brin and co before Google? For all of them their success was on their very first venture...