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She does sound like an incredible person, but what are we supposed to do with that information? Does it mean we should not try and do anything, given there is always someone out there who has a 'better' (for very wide definitions of 'better') story? I don't write this to be snarky, and I used to think in a similar way myself, but this is not a good way to see the world.

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Here's what I took away from the story: there are incredibly humble people who have overcome incredible hardships and went on to help and heal others.

A lot of the "accomplishments" I read on HN like raising VC money or blogging for a year straight is weaksauce in comparison.

So? If we never achieve such greatness, does it mean we shouldn't go for the weaksauce?

My answer is no - not every has to be the hero. If one's a decent one, it's great already in itself.

I think OP is just making a general call for people to be a bit more humble. Fueled by this particular case where a guy declares himself to be awesome, because he wrote a blog post every day for a year, and self-published 3 PDF's.

Fair point, noted and accepted :-)

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