top | item 18993222 (no title) dare0505 | 7 years ago Also, there were 18 mentions in the article about "success". Just 1 mention about "failure".Survivorship bias at its best: https://xkcd.com/1827/ discuss order hn newest rloomba|7 years ago I'm curious to hear about people that:1. worked extremely "hard" for 20 years 2. sacrificed relationships/family/living life 3. found moderate/average success, but never caught a break jalgos_eminator|7 years ago Yeah, I really would too. It always irks me when some highly successful businessman gives a talk about "do what you love and you will find success". As if billions of people before him that weren't particularly successful hadn't already tried that.
rloomba|7 years ago I'm curious to hear about people that:1. worked extremely "hard" for 20 years 2. sacrificed relationships/family/living life 3. found moderate/average success, but never caught a break jalgos_eminator|7 years ago Yeah, I really would too. It always irks me when some highly successful businessman gives a talk about "do what you love and you will find success". As if billions of people before him that weren't particularly successful hadn't already tried that.
jalgos_eminator|7 years ago Yeah, I really would too. It always irks me when some highly successful businessman gives a talk about "do what you love and you will find success". As if billions of people before him that weren't particularly successful hadn't already tried that.
rloomba|7 years ago
1. worked extremely "hard" for 20 years 2. sacrificed relationships/family/living life 3. found moderate/average success, but never caught a break
jalgos_eminator|7 years ago