Why People Don't Get Wealthy

Re:Why People Don't Get Wealthy by djmips on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @02:25AM (#19308766)

Being successful does not make you uniquely qualified to assess how to be successful. In my experience most people will rationalize success stemming from their own superiority and minimize the role of luck and standing.

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Re:Why People Don't Get Wealthy by alexgmcm on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @06:33AM (#19309830)

Or it could just be like Skinner's superstitious pigeons - it was mostly chance and now they attribute it to some series of events that really have nothing to do with it.

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Re:Why People Don't Get Wealthy by stumbellina on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @04:07PM (#19314250)

What? He had superstitious pigeons?? I know his daughter killed her self so apparently the skinner box wasn’t as seamless as planned..

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Re:Why People Don't Get Wealthy by alexgmcm on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @04:59AM (#19317693)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._F._Skinner#Superstition_in_...

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