Why most people will never be successful

[dallas27]

Huh, most people can't be successful cuz of this? And here I thought it was because success was defined by the top end of normal distribution curve and therefore necessitated a minority population. Seemed so obvious, but I guess I was wrong.

[FireBug]

"Success is simply a matter of luck...ask any failure"
- Unknown

[brucethebroker]

The ultimate success is not bragging about it........or writing about it.

Contentment goes a long way towards defining success, IMHO.

[Maenad]

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Originally Posted by Meadbh The problem I have with this article is that it recommends ditching "low quality" habits and relationships to focus on "high quality" ones. But the author never defines "high quality", and provides no evidence, even anecdotal, to support his recommendations. The whole premise is based on his instincts.

Thanks for stating what I was thinking in a much clearer way than I could pull together. It feels like the author took the concept of "garbage in, garbage out" and started philosophizing about it. Which isn't wrong, necessarily, but without concrete definitions, evidence to support his argument, and suggested actions, the article isn't useful in any meaningful way. Which makes it "low quality" itself. Probably not what the author intended.

A more self-actualized group of people could use this as a jumping-off point to discuss what "high quality" and "low quality" mean to them and why. Like we've already started.

[Koolau]

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Originally Posted by MRG That reminded me of the bs Megacorp would do every few years when a new management book came out. Yuck.

Yeah, that's one of the BEST things about FIRE. No more "Creative Thinking", "Performance Excellence", "Six Sigma", blah, blah, blah.

I've thought once or twice about starting a thread on this subject, but lose interest before I ever get started. YMMV

[Blue Collar Guy]

Some how I find the article depressing.