Re:Do success stories cause false beliefs about success?
by treyfitty on Sunday January 16, 2022 @06:44AM
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This is the dumbest thing I read in a while. It doesn’t account for survivor bias. How many people met all those criteria and failed? It could be that for every million with those characteristics, only 1 succeeded.
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Re:Do success stories cause false beliefs about success?
by paulryanrogers on Sunday January 16, 2022 @09:16AM
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The list doesn't appear to be meant as a formula free of bias, rather just commonalities. So folks who lack those traits may be statistically less likely to succeed.
Interesting that the criteria come from being born that way and/or the outcome of a low stress and loving childhood. Neither of which a person can control for themselves.
Re:Do success stories cause false beliefs about success?
by vinay427 on Sunday January 16, 2022 @10:11AM
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If you look at the GP comment they replied to (quote below), it‘s fairly clear that they didn’t mean this to be a recipe that will make you successful, but simply commonalities that may make success more likely.
> Doing what successful people do increases your odds of success.