I agree with the author, but I think he is railing against a very specific type of mindset. The people he describes have confused "trying to be successful very

I agree with the author, but I think he is railing against a very specific type of mindset. The people he describes have confused "trying to be successful very hard" with "being successful". This is something people do with many things, where they believe their external show of effort is somehow more meaningful than their internal push to achieve the thing.