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You’re right, I think its that we all want to see a tight cause effect loop in our success, but reality is more like the reason I’m successful in my career is a
by nubbins 8y ago
You’re right, I think its that we all want to see a tight cause effect loop in our success, but reality is more like the reason I’m successful in my career is a single blog post I randomly found ten years ago which sent me off in an experimental direction that later became my niche and then, unforeseeable to anyone, least of all me, that niche became suddenly in demand. Five years from now it may disappear just as suddenly. But the reality is a little unsettling to we attribute success to something we can control.
- DoreenMichele 8y agoWe all prefer to feel like we have control over our lives. People also like to take personal credit for their success rather than chalking it up to luck or circumstance. This often leads to bad advice. When I had a corporate job, one of my coworkers with a lavish lifestyle was giving a lot of financial advice to another coworker with chronic financial stress. It wasn't necessarily bad advice per se. But it kind of glossed over the fact that the one with money was childless and her husband made scads of money. The other woman had four children and an ordinary Joe of a husband. I always felt the advice should have started with "First, go back in time and marry well. Second, go back in time and don't have four kids." It's vastly easier to do things like pay off your credit cards in full every month and only pay cash for a new car when you have lots more income and fewer obligations. These were the sorts of things she bragged about as if she were some financial genius, glossing over the huge income difference that allowed her to implement these ever so wise financial choices.