What I learned from reading the Nth variation of this story:
People love hearing about what a bad situation you were in before and how it leads to your success because you are more desperate than everyone else.
People love hearing about what a bad situation you were in before and how it leads to your success because you are more desperate than everyone else.
People definitely love telling these stories. Hearing them, maybe not so much.
"Mother! The staff is whinging again!"
Edit: Perhaps the lesson it that they are tired of reading hard work your way to fortune stories? That does make sense, I was probably wrong in my comment above.
I smell survivorship bias.
I worked through college dishwashing in a kitchen, cleaning hot pans and preparing food for impatient customers. This line immediately resonated with me:
> I still haven’t forgotten what I learned that summer. I learned the best way to sort silverware, dumping it out on the counter with each hand independently grabbing for knives, then forks, then spoons. I learned that I could work my way out of despair.
Based on how you sort silverware, I can tell whether or not you've worked in a kitchen. If you do it the correct way, then I'm also willing to bet you know how to work smart under pressure.