> would have been better served having spent that time pursuing something else This is just the gamble that success requires. It's easy to say that objectively

> would have been better served having spent that time pursuing something else This is just the gamble that success requires. It's easy to say that objectively they may have been better doing something else in retrospect, but perhaps they felt some satisfaction trying. In any event, it's impossible to know whether someone is going to succeed in advance, or remain unsuccessful. It appears the decision to persevere, like the decision to "give up", cannot be made rationally. I'd love to be shown otherwise though.