[shellerik]

"those who kept their intentions private were more likely to achieve them"

Or they forgot about or lied about having those private intentions? How do you know that someone had private intentions?

[cracki]

exactly. if you keep quiet, you can't disappoint the people you'd have opened up to.

perhaps a defense mechanism?

don't kick me. i'm talking about myself here. i'm no psychiatrist, just a programmer who talks too much.

[Ardit20]

the same can be said about the other group however, they could have lied or forgotten that they shared their ideas. How do you know they shared their ideas?