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> I really hate those kind of content. Would you listen to someone who built a wall which collapsed ? nope

What if you knew that 90% of the walls built collapses. Would you listen?

If you just listen to the 10% that achieved it, it just a matter of putting more hours: Now you are in survivorship-bias land.

Yes, we all hate that success is a combination of talent + work + luck (aka random stuff we don't know and don't control).

> These kind of articles are just porn for people who are not putting enough hours

there is also success-porn.




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