This is kinda typical of the whole "be successful like I was by doing exactly what I did!" genre of books, etc. Of course, we don't usually hear from the 99% o

This is kinda typical of the whole "be successful like I was by doing exactly what I did!" genre of books, etc. Of course, we don't usually hear from the 99% of people who did the exact same thing but didn't succeed because of luck or whatever. I try to take such advice with a huge grain of salt - 37signals's philosophy is certainly interesting but it's certainly no panacea.