I disagree. I think there’s too much focus on the ultra successful outliers, giving people little information on how the average person who achieved the goals they want to achieve went about doing it.
My impression is that people will frequently try to study the successes of others to try to imitate them, but as the article suggests, will less often study the factors that lead to their own success than factors that lead to their failure.
As the linked article is actually saying: Inside businesses, there’s a tendency to assume success is luck or “I’m just such a genius.” The question “where did we go right?” is too infrequently asked. Perhaps it is luck or it is genius, but there’s never a postmortem to answer which and thus better plan for the future.
I disagree. I think there’s too much focus on the ultra successful outliers, giving people little information on how the average person who achieved the goals they want to achieve went about doing it.
My impression is that people will frequently try to study the successes of others to try to imitate them, but as the article suggests, will less often study the factors that lead to their own success than factors that lead to their failure.
As the linked article is actually saying: Inside businesses, there’s a tendency to assume success is luck or “I’m just such a genius.” The question “where did we go right?” is too infrequently asked. Perhaps it is luck or it is genius, but there’s never a postmortem to answer which and thus better plan for the future.