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by felipemnoa 5476 days ago
The thing is that everybody says it. There are no real secrets to becoming successful.
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If everyone says it and the group is quite skeptical, and you know it has basis, then it seems the steps to becoming successful are actually useful. I'll call that common knowledge for lack of a better word.

Why would common knowledge be depressing?

Making it seem as if he is the first one to discover it? It is common knowledge.
Few people translate to action anyway.