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3 articles tagged "making it"

Success Leaves Clues - Or Survivorship Bias?

We study the winners and forget the people who failed. The famous bomber-plane story shows why copying success stories can mislead you. Includes FAQs and an English lesson.

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27 Oct 20266 min read

Money & Success

Hard Work Always Pays Off - Really?

A famous simulation found the most talented people rarely ended up the most successful. Hard work matters, but luck matters more than we admit. Includes FAQs and an English lesson.

careerphraseswork

27 Oct 20266 min read

Words We've Been Lied To About

"Successful" Who Decided What Success Means?

"Success" originally just meant "an outcome", good or bad. The promise that it will make you happy was added later, and the arrival fallacy explains why it rarely delivers.

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13 Sept 20263 min read

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