> but what about the other countless number of people your age with similar goals? How do you stack up to them? That should be your real metric rather than the

> but what about the other countless number of people your age with similar goals? How do you stack up to them? That should be your real metric rather than the 1 in a million success stories. I disagree with that. Most people are not successful, so if your target is the average, you are aiming at a data point that represents lack of success. It is important to understand that most successful people are not normal, and the higher the level of success, the less normal they are. > "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." Totally.