The thing I hate most about people giving advice from the point of view of "I got rich, here's how you can too," is that they never realize the statistical anom

The thing I hate most about people giving advice from the point of view of "I got rich, here's how you can too," is that they never realize the statistical anomaly that they are. Some things are controllable, of course. Some advice is good. But some of it is sheer luck and timing. Would you listen to advice on how to win the lottery from someone who has? Of course not. So what do you do instead? Listen to the science and math of it. Look at your market with a microscope, and your product like a scientific machine. Look at it like an artist and study social trends and psychology. Even then there will be some luck and chance in it, but at least you'll know how much. Don't listen to people who won the lottery—listen to the ones with reproducible results who can tell you exactly why. And I guarantee you it wasn't only because they listened to other people's advice.