Andrew got it right, it is a problem of survival bias. I have been lucky two times. I have been an entrepreneur, I was succesfull enough but not enough to cov

Andrew got it right, it is a problem of survival bias. I have been lucky two times. I have been an entrepreneur, I was succesfull enough but not enough to cover the risks (i am italian, doing business here is risky). Then I set up myself to find a job, in a time where there aren't many and in a country in full recession. And found a good one! I can say it was hard. But even if I had been told that i could try and fail, I would have tried anyway. Sometimes, you really have nothing to lose.