"if i can do it, so can everybody else." No matter how many people try to become the president, there won't be enough time to let millions of people be the pres

"if i can do it, so can everybody else." No matter how many people try to become the president, there won't be enough time to let millions of people be the president during their life. Of course the scale is wildly different with education and employment, but one should consider the environment and context of the other when making such a statement. No matter how hard you try, there will always be things you can't control; sometimes, they'll be massive blockers. That "you just don't want enough -- that's why you fail" attitude can be insulting at best. Edit: I'm not advocating dropping out of college. I'm currently working as a web dev during the day and studying on weeknights, specifically because I believe in education leading to better conditions (and I love learning as a whole). I just believe it's wrong to assume that if the formula works for me, it should work for everybody else.