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And that’s the problem. You find the same traits they claim that made them successful by those who failed. Cherrypicking the winners creates a false reasoning of success.

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Is it a problem? Bc I know there is survivorship bias and also still want to hear about the successes, so what is the problem then?

How many readers don’t know that? And how many fall for the false reasoning of those success stories?

You are assuming most readers are dumb. I do not have that assumption.

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