"There are exceptions, but the people at the top of almost any field worked very hard to get there. Be skeptical of people who tell you that you don’t have to

"There are exceptions, but the people at the top of almost any field worked very hard to get there. Be skeptical of people who tell you that you don’t have to work hard if you want to have an exceptional career unless they have exceptional careers." This advice seems to contradict the study below https://fermatslibrary.com/s/the-mundanity-of-excellence-an-ethnographic-report-on-stratification-and-olympic-swimmers?utm_campaign=Ali%20Abdaal&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter https://fermatslibrary.com/s/the-mundanity-of-excellence-an-... Perhaps it would be better to say "watch out for survivorship bias"