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by dare0505 2698 days 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/

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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

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.