> focusing exclusively on say, the successful lottery winner or the successful weight loser not only obscures quite how hard success really is to achieve, but a

> focusing exclusively on say, the successful lottery winner or the successful weight loser not only obscures quite how hard success really is to achieve, but all too easily oversimplifies or misrepresents the real reasons behind success. So, is the issue success stories as such, or inferior analysis? These stories, and self-help books in general, are so much comfort food for the alfa-male mind.