Special case of the general class of 'business advice' writing. Any book that says 'here's how you build a great company' or 'here's how you close deals' or 'he

Special case of the general class of 'business advice' writing. Any book that says 'here's how you build a great company' or 'here's how you close deals' or 'here's how to manage people' will be chock full of examples of how following the advice works, and how failing to follow the advice doesn't. But there's never any reflection on cases where following the advice didn't work.