[giusemir1978]

Andrew got it right, it is a problem of survival bias.

I have been lucky two times.

I have been an entrepreneur, I was succesfull enough but not enough to cover the risks (i am italian, doing business here is risky).

Then I set up myself to find a job, in a time where there aren't many and in a country in full recession. And found a good one!

I can say it was hard. But even if I had been told that i could try and fail, I would have tried anyway.

Sometimes, you really have nothing to lose.