Why smart hardworking people don't become successful (2018)
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#2This article glosses over the fact, known to us who have witnessed humans up close in business environments, that success is almost entirely political within an organization.
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#3This article glosses over the fact, known to us who have witnessed humans up close in business environments, that success is almost entirely political within an organization.
Not to mention one of the most important factors of all: luck.
But survivorship bias means we assume all successful people hold a unique skill and wisdom that, if we only did the same, we'd find similar success.
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#4> But as I grew older, I realized that’s not necessarily the case. A few people I know who are intelligent and have a strong work ethic have gone on to do notable things, while many others are doing fine. Unfortunately, there are some that drift along, unsure about what to do.
Not all who wander are lost.
This post is terrible advice, it's like a sermon from the Church of the Silicon Bubble. Smart but not successful? You don't reach out enough. You don't sacrifice enough. You're too distracted. You don't take enough risks. You don't believe in yourself. You can't commit. It's all in your head!
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#5Okay reading that didn't help me at all.
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#6Because people only want what they can’t have.
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#7I always found the notion that we have to climb upwards and always make more money to be a bit weird.
As long as I have enough to live comfortably, stash some away and not worry I'm good, I don't need more. As such, I don't really get involved in most of the things that this post is about nor do I particularly care to do so either.
Work is what I do in order to sustain myself, it's not my life. The minute I walk out the door at work I've forgotten all about it and never think about it until morning. I realise this is me being pretty lucky but I'd probably even change career completely if I couldn't do this anymore working in tech. I think a lot of people struggle to find that balance, sadly.
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#8This article glosses over the fact, known to us who have witnessed humans up close in business environments, that success is almost entirely political within an organization.
One would think that being smart should be an asset when playing politics, though.
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#9This article glosses over the fact, known to us who have witnessed humans up close in business environments, that success is almost entirely political within an organization.
Not to mention one of the most important factors of all: luck. But survivorship bias means we assume all successful people hold a unique skill and wisdom that, if we only did the same, we'd find similar success.
Would you agree that working hard will generate more opportunities to be lucky?
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not to mention one of the most important factors of all: luck. But survivorship bias means we assume all successful people hold a unique skill and wisdom that, if we only did the same, we'd find similar success.
Would you agree that working hard will generate more opportunities to be lucky?
So does buying more lottery tickets. Surely, the odds at being lucky are better than in playing lottery. However, they are much less predictable than people assume. We tend to systematically overestimate our own influence and underestimate external factors.