This video outs a very important point that a lot of people completely forget. People tend to think that listening to unsuccessful people is a waste of time. This could not be farther from the truth. Your success as a human is based on listening to everyone, then forging the best path you know how to with everything you've learned, combined with some luck.
The Problem To Unsuccessful Ppl is how Many Refuse To Learn From Their Stubbornness Or Mistakes. Old Ppl Are A Great Example. They're Supposed To Be Wise, But How Many Actually Saved For Retirement? They're On Eggshells If Soc. Sec. Gets Yanked Because They Screwed Up Planning. As Far As Advice Is Concerned, I Ignore It And Focus Only On Results. It's Better To Ask Forgiveness Than Permission.
michael jordan even listened to bad coaches, tom brady still takes high school coach advice on how to throw a ball, The founder of wall mart went to brazil and crawled under grocery stores to see what he could learn from them. dont just listen to one person, successful people can give solid advice but also unsuccessful people can give negative advice
Before the video even started I got an ad from a successful person who wants to a) give me an advice book for "free" b) pay it forward and tell others c) forgot
+Kaleb Bruwer nailed it.. anyway there's this word called "CHOICE". meaning option, alternative, possible course of action. The rule is simple: take the advice or leave it, your choice
ItsCdubs i get the paradox. Since this channel is successful, this might be a lie and unthrustworthy as a result. Oh my gifhjehejjndjebskndekjfksjjdkenfnrugbtuvndicmsoxmsodjjdnvjr
the secret to success and the cause of failure: Convince people you are a success, if you cant you will fail. Whatever you do like entertainment, selling, investing, production, etc. you must get every buyer, partner, beneficiary, investor, worker, so on and to forth to believe they would be right to give you their attention, money, and support. It doesn't matter if you have the single most brilliant idea ever conceived, if you cant get people to agree then you will never become successful. On the other hand a scam artist or ambitious idiocy can become successful with bad ideas like SOLAR POWERED ROADWAYS! Advertisements have so much money put into them for this reason, it doesn't matter if a persons idea is total crap they just need to make you think its good through marketing ex. [insert movie let down that turned a profit because of its epic trailer]... like suicide squad It doesn't matter if you liked Hillary, Trump, or Sanders... each of them and all who make it big in politics are masters of convincing people they are successful before they have even succeeded at anything. Almost always is failure and repercussions present in any politicians career despite how well they have convinced many people of otherwise and all are shocked every time like its some jack in the box. I truly believe libertarians cant get good traction because their central belief is to not make anyone's life better but instead uninhibited everyone from making their own lives better. Basically saying "I wont succeed at anything cause you'll be the makers of your own success" I'm not libertarian I'm just saying that though their ideas are sound they receive too little attention cause they cant convince people to support them do to the lack of an active solution they would enforce. Where on the other hand we have Hitler, the undisputed worst case world wide that managed and some how still manages to convince people his ideas are good which brought him immense success to conquer Europe though temporarily. If you can convince the world that you will do something to improve their lives then the world will make sure you succeed.
It's a metaphor for life The amount of work you put in doesn't always equate to your level of success In the case of a race for example the second guy put in the more work than the third by running faster but the third was rewarded better
Correction: 5 of 5 scientists say that Russian Roulette is safe. Think about that for a second, and then you will truely get the idea of this video (only in reverse).
Abstract Russian .... that.... I just made a joke _within_ the joke Cause... the whole, the 6th scientist being dead and all........ so he can't say anything... (And on top of that, it ALSO proves the point of the video)
In science, we look for traits that are called "predictors." For example, in cancer research, we look for molecules that not only are present in patients with cancer, but also absent from patients without cancer. When you have both these properties, you have a trait that is a predictor. The problem here, in short, is that the traits that are present in successful people are not necessarily absent in people who fail. So finding that cancer patients have sugar in their blood is not very useful because non-cancerous patients also have that. Likewise, just because successful people do some things doesn't mean that failures didn't do them. That being said, does that mean that life is a complete lottery and there's nothing you can do at all? Not necessarily. You can take actions (such as getting educated, being physically fit, or whatever is appropriate for the field you want to get into) that increase your chance of being able to grab an opportunity if one comes your way. If you want to work in another country, speaking that country's language, for example, is a pretty obvious way of increasing the chances of success of getting a job there. You don't control the probability of an opportunity coming your way. It might be 50%, it might 5% or your life might just suck at 0%. But you can influence the probability of you being able to grab the opportunity when/if it comes. So yes, working hard is important. But it's not a guarantee. But likewise, the fact that it sometimes doesn't work doesn't mean it's useless. It's just statistics, of which you only control one factor.
Well written. Too succeed, one most fail to understand and learn how to strengthen their weaknesses to overcome obstacles and achieve success. Luck is the other half, that's the one that I suck at.
I've long hated when people dismiss advice from people who have failures under their belts. It's irrational and lacks insight. Divorced man: "Listen. Don't lie to your wife." Stupid kid: "Why should I listen to you? You've been divorced 3 times! LOL" Married man: "I lie to my wife all the time!" Stupid kid: "Haha! Yeah! Good advice!"
No it isn't. If you always have to lie in a relationship to keep it, you are not in a true relationship. And if you think the other person can't accept who you really are, there is no match. And if you are cheating on them you are saying essentially that they are not your equal...and you should end it.
The truth is it varies a lot depending on several factors such as the type of people and specially the time frame. Lying works pretty good on dumb submissive people, specially if they have low self esteem and reality-avoidant (heavily religious, too much into literature, too much into fiction, etc.). If the person is "in love" lying is very effective and easily accomplishable. The problem is if you have to lie too much for too long it tends to add up, and the inconsistencies become more relevant. Although if you're dealing with people with poor memory, it will work forever.
Just saw a ad about two successful woman giving me advice on how to get money and live a free life style while working from your computer right before this video...
JD Everafter i saw that ad too.. but they never say what they actually do and try and sell you a seminar... best to find a mentor and expand your definition of success to include being excellant and what you do.
it's not that difficult to get 200 000+ subscribers, listen to these 10 advices to learn how! :D No, I'm kidding... it's pretty much as the video says, it's good to have a skill and vision, but sometimes you just get lucky :D
Agree 100% - They refer to this sometimes as anecdotal evidence, but it's too often discounted as wrong for some reason. But I think it's vital that we learn from the mistakes of people we know/see. Otherwise we'd be reading scientific studies all the time, and who has time for that?
My friend don't believe in chemo or other cancer treatment because of this, she always say "look at all those people still healthy without treatment" Because all the other people without treatment are fucking dead! Solid video! btw
+MsSunhappy Also factor in the people who never had cancer, lived or died of natural causes, or car wrecks, falling off a ladder. The goal is to survive, not be cured of cancer and then break their neck from a slip on the bathroom floor the next day.
+Evi1M4chine What is wrong with you? TH-camr's have been getting revenue from ads, and without them, they wouldn't be more inclined to make more videos. You are what's wrong with TH-cam. I, not a video maker, watch ads so I can support my favorite channels, so they can get paid, so they can make more videos, which in turns, allows me to watch more videos and support them further. It's feedback loop. You are killing the feedback loop. Don't try to make the argument, "it's okay if I do it, because not everyone's doing it," because if everyone thought that way, no one would vote, everyone would be dick heads (including you btw), and no one would get ad revenue. Sit the fuck down, kid.
Research has been done for a while. Sorry, the american dream is still alive and well for those who are willing to stop feeling sorry for themselves and work for it. www.nytimes.com/books/first/s/stanley-millionaire.html
honestly there is some genetics involved because the average person cares about how others feel. To be rich, you need to own a proportionally unreasonable amount of money. This indirectly means you made people poor. Money circulates and there is a very set amount that exists in the world. You have to be a little bit of an asshole, because you need to hire others to do work, convince them to be payed less than they deserve and collect the revenue they generated completely only to give them a percentage of that. The more people you get stuck into the scheme, the richer you get. Just look at Walmart.
Money circulates, and more is created all the time. We aren't on the gold standard anymore. The money supply is constantly increasing. Just because you built something and earned $1000 it doesn't mean someone else is $1000 poorer, instead the multiplier effect of money in circulation can benefit everyone.
Reminds me of John Ward talking about the dangers of electric shocks. He said lots of people will say "hey I touched the mains and I'm still here" but of course you won't be hearing the counter argument of warnings from the ones who didn't survive.
Brilliant! Take it from me, big risks tend to end in big losses! And remember, anyone who is successful does not want to teach others how to do the same. They only want your money.
A "big risk" for a layperson can be a "tiny risk" or no risk at all to a pro in that arena. The key is to find the things that are "big risks" for most people but that you know how to manage well and turn into small or no risk situations.
So the point of this video was YES you should listen to successful people, but you should ALSO listen to failures... So basically the title of this video was click bait?
Well it is because if I knew the video was just going to be generic, cliche "listen to both sides" thing then I wouldn't have clicked on the video. The way it's titled, seemed like I would actually learn something...
think about Justin Bieber for a moment (I know...Bieber....but bare with me for a minute) he didn't get fame and money because he had a vision or big dreams. he became famous because some guys car broke down and heard him sing.
I'd be interested to know whether many of the "successful people" actually realise that they had a good deal of luck and accidental timing. After all, you don't know very much about why something happens to you.
+Shadow4707 They do, it's why when you listen to their stories, there's always a "I wouldn't be here if it weren't for" and they go on to thank someone who greatly influenced their success, that's the luck part. People don't like to think luck is a big factor because it takes away from our ego, to think that they aren't in complete control, so you wouldn't catch them saying " What's my advice? Well, I don't have any because there's no way you'll be as lucky as I was."
I doubt they feel it at a visceral level even if they'd admit it. I remember reading about a study where they rigged a monopoly game in one person's favor with everyone aware and at the end the player still attributed their victory to their own skill
Stephen Hogsten That's interesting. I have searched for it, but found only secondary sources. Would have been nice to read the original. :( The scientist gave a TED talk though. ("Does money make you mean?" by Paul Piff)
+Shadow4707 I think they market their "luck" as "seizing an opportunity", which is fair. They may get lucky, but they also take advantage of said luck.
He's specifically talking about those who give advice on being successful, as in actually achieving success in a full proof manner. He points out successful people because that's what people normally trust without rationally thinking about it. It's very easy for those focused on a big prize to ignore all those who didn't make it, and focus on those who did. He's not saying that those who are successful cannot give good advice to consider in general, or anybody for that matter. It's when that advice specifically talks about how to achieve success that you should be skeptical. He's not giving you advice on being successful because he's not saying that being skeptical will bring you success. He made it a point at the end to say that no one has a monopoly on success. There are many factors involved, and to truly be logical you need to see multiple sides of the coin. Even if you're skeptical you can still end up being wrong about someone's advice. But rationally, if we have no specific reason to put successful people's stories over non-successful people's, then we should approach all success stories with skepticism. Again, keeping in mind that this is not a success story, but rather advice regarding which is the most logical and unbiased way to approach an attempted grasp at what makes "success." You can still end up ignoring a story that might actually help you, because luck is involved as well. It's irrelevant. Being skeptical is still inherently more logical than blindly trusting without doing much more analysis, and instead simply trusting because one is successful. You can try to go with the linguistic paradox that then, in order to be truly logical and see both sides of the coin, we should then be "skeptical of being skeptical", but then that's inherently illogical, because being skeptical of being skeptical simply reduces to not being skeptical, which is always more biased and illogical by default than being skeptical itself. That's like trying to reject logic from its basic roots, which you can do, but if that's the case no one needs to take you seriously at all, since you've essentially just rejected all coherence as a result. Also yes, if you just look at the way he phrased the title of the video, out of context, it does in fact seem like you have a valid general point, but upon watching the video, you can get a grasp on what he's actually referring to specifically. The advice you shouldn't trust, in this case is specifically being defined as something that purports a solution: a key to always getting it right, and winning. Skepticism is not a key to always getting it right. I mean by default it is inherently more logical when not enough data is present, but in reality, and in society it is by no means a full proof always succeed strategy. And the author of the video knows that. So no irony here! =^p. Just a lack of understanding of how certain paradoxes work, I wager.
People that go bankrupt when "taking risks" are stupid. You must take risks, but at the same time have a back up plan from where you can recover from and try again. You don't just invest 100% of what you got and hope for the best
I think the point is more that for every seemingly good advice, there are both people who followed it and succeeded and people that failed, meaning that a simple advice doesn't always show the whole picture and usually there are other factors that play an important role too
it is so easy to talk about backup plan proposing you have like millions of dollar for instance. There many people don't have this option but it doesn't stop them from betting even they have to bet 100% for a slightly chance that they might have. Beside sometime you have to if you want to survive and win, and just thinking about backup plan is just a waste of time in this case. So they aren't fool, just strongly believing in the future that they want to make it happen. Who knows, some of them will be making for sure.
People who believe there is no risk you can't take the negative consequences of are stupid. How would you have a backup plan for something where the negative consequences are uncontrollable, and you have to take a risk?
I just ask unsuccessful people what mistakes they made and I avoid it. "I lost 50 grand in the stocks" "Oh, that sucks. I guess I won't do that. Thanks man." *Man starts sobbing*
"I got run over on the pavement the second I walked out the door" "Oh that sucks, I guess I'll never leave my house. Thanks man" *starves to death while man continues with life* ^ That's why you need both sides.
@@bobbobbob321 I can't but some people are more capable than I am and surely can, maybe not with 100% accuracy but with enough to turn a profit, and of course, luck still plays a part but a good investor will make enough to compensate for the inevitable loses that do happen do to bad luck.
Oh, I've just remembered a ship in an Iain M Banks book called "The 100th Fool". The reason for the name? 100 fools make plans and 99 fail, the hundredth, through sheer luck succeeds and thinks himself very clever!
the 100th fool is very common now days. showing off their sports cars and bragging like they didn't need luck and then some fools actually believe them dogmatically. If the 100th fool is bad think about their followers, dogmatically believing every word of success advice without question.
+xwise I'm conservative and I take responsibility for *every* mistake I make, primarily when it impacts those around me or under my leadership. That's part of what being a real conservative *IS.* Your "typical" stab itself is biased and sounds like it comes from the media.
Ty CehZ Yes, there are some people who had good ideas, worked hard, got the right connections and succeeded. However, none of them are 20 times more intelligent than average and none of them worked 20 times harder than average (although some might be more than 20 times as talented, but that's hard to quantify) and also remember, there's no such thing as a self made millionaire or billionaire. It takes society's complex matrix, with thousands of others working very hard for often very little reward for these people to make money. Continued.
Is it just me, or does he say, "call the half that received the wrong prediction", and then proceeds as though he is calling the half that received the right prediction?
Those 50 people were just shown that the hedge fund can accurately predict the stock market. They are only suckers if they accept, they aren't suckers just because they are part of that group.
+Richard Gates false, the first tries are 90% failures, the second or thrid tries are usully the successful ones, look at light bulbs, smartphones, films, operation systems, tanks, fashion designs, u name it, most new ideas failed in the beginning
TC Yu That is actually what I meant, you learn from your own failures by not repeating them. Many times I have tried what failed for others and found it to work, typically because I tried it a little differently.
So what, seek out a homeless person to be your mentor? When I started my small business I simply found a successful person doing what I wanted to do and explained I needed help! He gave advice for free as my mentor. Not all successful people are assholes and asking advice in person is not the same as a magazine article. Just ask. All a person can say is no.
I think mentors are a great idea because they are more personally invested in your success. I think the point of the video is to be weary of books and websites who try to sell you on ideas simply because the person(s) is successful.
in addition to the other answer: It is not about successful people wanting to give bad/false advice, it is about successful people giving advice that actually was not the reason for the success in the first place.
Actually, a homeless person could teach you a lot. You're missing the point entirely. The point is success is not a guarantor of expertise, nor a recipe for repeat success. There is a myth that success is self-made (the bootstrapper mentality), when in reality countless outside uncontrollable factors influence success. So it's not that successful people can't have useful advice or be good mentors. Far from it. It's that a successful person can be just as full of shit as somebody who failed 10 times to start a business. Don't judge expertise based on win-loss record.
Those books are worthless. Get to work and maybe you’ll get lucky. Get lucky? Where do we use that phrase... hmmm.... oh yeah. Having sex. So there. That’s lucky too because you aren’t in control of the situation. The other person needs to allow it. Doesn’t stop people from trying. The world needs to grant you your wish ultimately of money or whatever your non sex goal is. That shouldn’t discourage you from trying... like sex. It is luck. But you have to try or you’ll never have a chance. Want your goal bad enough and you’ll find a way.
LPS KitKat explain your reasoning behind asking this question. If you've watched the vid, wouldn't u know that it doesn't matter if he's successful or not?
That's not even the lesson of the video. The point of the video is that only looking at successful scenarios and situations can hide dangers and risks to avoid, or special conditions that made a certain approach uniquely, rather thsn generally successful. "There are two sure-fire ways to fail in life: one is to listen to everyone; the other is to listen to no one." -Claude Hamilton
Sean Ngui "uhhh wouldn't you know that this man who isn't successful doesn't have to be to give us advice on how to be successful because it's all about luck." Yeah I'm sure those CEO with bankrupt companies are really living in squalor compared to this kid on TH-cam. The information he portrays is shown off in a highly negative light because the first person he talks about is a literal scammer. And his grand advice is "be a little skeptical." Okay why not just make educated decisions on who you take your advice from? "Because what if they're just lucky" oh well here's a football coach who's managed several successful teams, that seems pretty unlikely to be blind luck right? Like I could learn about running a successful team/crew from him. This man always has the best gardens maybe I could grow my garden out successfully if I listen to his 30 years of experience. Oh and this one has done sales since highschool, maybe he'll know a thing or two more about sales than the people who've failed. No that's apparently illogical ... But I imagine you wouldn't have as eye catching of a title as "don't do the thing you were taught to do"
Well, a conclusion is an interpretation of what you found, so it is somehow an opinion. Here, the first example is weird, "we are the 50 people", I agree with the idea, but you can't say that after saying you started with 50000. Also, to show you conclusions are close to opinions, I would conclude that we tend to listen to people who sucess because things sound easy in their mouth, and it is more comfortable than hearing that life is hard, and hardwork is necessary but some times not enough.
Enigma Riv If his thoughts were true then why does multi billion dollar companies like Apple pay for consultants? Why do they pay to have systems and employee training? They do it because they know if "Mr. Doe" was incredibly successful at something. He can teach someone else how to be too
Then again, in order for that statement to be true, you'll have to assume that the content creator is in fact, successful, which is debateable to begin with, but, lol.
***** Of course lucky plays its role, but it is way less than in the old days. We live in a period where our ideas and effort are much valuable than anything. You can be treated as equal as someone who was born in a rich family. Some countries are still really conservative, but this is changing. Have you ever read Einstein's life story of even Neil Degrasse Tyson's? I bet you do know someone who tried hard and failed, but that doesn't mean it was the correct way and in that sense, it is the same thing as not trying at all. What is the example that you have? The person worked packing boxes and then he thought he would succeed if he packed more boxes than his mates? That is not how it works. You have to constantly adapt yourself to the situation, analyzing if your efforts are going to take you to the place where you want to be. I have myself experienced a lot of bad things in my professional and private life. I know that if I compared myself with a few, I would end up saying he/she was lucky and that was life is, but instead I tried harder and ended up succeeding my goals. Now I am in the same position where the "lucky" ones once were. Life sucks, but it is up to us to chose on either crying and giving up or making it less worse.
Imo, the reason why you cannot rely on "peoples advice" 💯 on how to be successful is because you cannot replicate success by doing what they do. I think success is like a fingerprint, each one is unique. You cannot replicate a persons journey, people has different thought process. Each and every one of us has a different definition of success as well. 🤔 💭
They are actually pretty successful, you gotta take risks, if you don't take a risk and do something that you hate for the rest of your life, to me that's worse than being bankrupt, because then you have waisted your life, if you take a risk to get your dream job, or to do something you always wanted to do, even if you go bankrupt, it's still worth it, since you at least got a story to tell, where you tried and failed, taking a shot at your dream and failing, is way better than never taking a shot, which is why this video is bullshit, doubt has destroyed many more dreams than failure have ever did
That is not true at all, lazy people get fired, people who work hard might not always get what they want, but if you keep working as hard as you can, chances are you will get that job
You know what really bugs me about this video? At the end, the man in second place has a bronze trophy, whilst the man in third place has a silver trophy. WHAT DOES IT MEAN!?
This is profound advice. I think the greatest wisdom an adult can have is to build a 'board of advisors'. Parents, friends, leaders, role models, and other people with a variety of opinions and perspectives, all of which you respect to consult when you make major decisions. This has helped me more than any other single piece of advice.
More like, "Don't listen to people who say they can predict the charts." Whether you're trading stocks, forex, etc. that should be pretty obvious because they'll give you signals that move the market in their favor. And btw the saying "Take risks" is a pretty valid statement when it comes to other things in life, like approaching a girl you like. Yeah don't gamble your entire bank, but again this video is focused on the stock market and not life in general. Be open-minded to any advice and make your own conclusions out of it. Instead of being closed-minded, which is what this video suggests
the harsh truth about being successful in a competitive but highly rewarding field is you'll have to take a leap of faith, actually multiple leaps of faith, and you're either going come crashing down or you'll fly. you have to take the risk and be ready for the consequences. odds are you won't fly since there is a lot of luck involved but that's not all of it. another dirty little secret that no one will tell you is that if you play by the "rules" you will most certainly fail. you must learn to rig the odds in your favor. you will almost definitely have to do things that are illegal and/or are against your moral code. it all comes down to being willing to do whatever it takes to win, and be ready and willing to lose everything at any moment.
Exactly. Most people think playing it safe or playing well with others really get you ahead. In some cases, yes creating a team that helps you be successful is one way to do it. However, business/work is cuttthroat and it really is a dog-eat-dog world. Most people are not read to accept that toes must be stepped on sometimes in order to get to where you want to be. You can't get emotional in business.
I took a year to read a business book from harvard and to tell the truth I didn't learn jack shit than when I did my own research. I even figured out that there are 16 deadly sins and not 7. At some point there were 8 and a pope removed the eighth one that was called DESPOND. Martyr has now taken the place of despond, but even then its original greek meaning was defined as witness.
100% correct. This video is pseudo-intellectual garbage and it heartens me not all of the people in it's comment section are bahhhhing "wow" like sheep.
+ThreeFingerG Why would anyone "wow" at this? It sounds logical at such a basic level that, while it's not something many people think about, is a rather tame conclusion. Not sure why business ethics came into this discussion though, this video didn't mention them at all.
I can tell you one thing. Nobody that is mega successful made this video. Literally every single successful person I've ever spoken talks about failure and being wrong. This video is one sided and it could hurt someone aspiring to success in my opinion. Dislike for me.
This video does not tell you not to listen to the success stories. It tells you to be more sceptical about them and not to blindly believe that their advice will work for you too.
ok so by that logic =, lets ask kim k how she got to be so successful, she will say, make a sex tape and so would any other hoe, does this mean she is right? no so she will have the same advice as failures there for her success is based on luck. Thats what the video is about.
You are successful on TH-cam, so does that mean that I shlould not trust you on this video and actualy list and trust to the successful people's advice? But leads us to this successful video so that means..... Omg my head hurts....
Create more opportunities. For example, if you want to get popular on youtube, create as many videos as possible (make sure they're at a certain quality) and hope for the best.
Luck is self created... People who are succesfull do the things that make them succesfull. How did it come allot of companies go bankrupt. And allot of companies are not? He didn't even stated why the companies go bankrupt. He only said that allot of companies do and allot of companies doesn't
in my opinion the greatest book written on the subject of creating luck that is accessible to the average person is "think and grow rich" by napoleon hill, he also wrote a book about why people fail called "outwitting the devil" the advice in these books goes far beyond the acquisition of finances. and he has been on both sides of the coin. the main message of this video has a good point, that we should study both sides, nevertheless there is a formula for creating success. that i know for certain
Luck and mindset for all you life been training/prepared to be a winner, even that you start as a cleaner. Nothing beats winning mentality, b!tch please! You can work hard all your life, but mentally not prepared or weak, you will not progress. Do what you love, it is mental and luck, not hardwork. Worksmart!
I would say luck, and knowing your risks for the decisions you are making. If you bet all your life savings on a startup, that's the equivalent of betting all your life savings on the lottery. Mitigate the risk and always have a backup for failure.
+The Rationalist I don't know what you're trying to say. He (Trump) was maintaining a standard of living before his loan. The loan was solely for business. He didn't need to spend his business money to enjoy himself.
Kevin Parsley If you think you're so good then go out and get an investor to give you a million dollars. They'd be happy to if they can get a return on it. Getting the money isn't the hard part. It's knowing what to do with it afterwards that's so hard.
+The Rationalist -Getting a loan from his father was NOTHING like getting a loan from an investor. I'm fine, but don't pretend that acting like Trump is a business genius is rational. He's a blubbering idiot. LLLLLLLLLLLLLOL "Getting the money isn't the hard part. It's knowing what to do with it afterwards that's so hard." Of course not, that's why he has to keep filing bankruptcies, and as indicated by those losses, he must have a hard time making good decisions.... But thank god for losses, otherwise he would have to pay tax. GTFO. Rational, my ass.
I know what's the video is trying to tell, but imo somehow it is very misleading. Too much assumption that successful people do not experience failure and if they do experience failure, they won't include that experience in their advices
From Wikipedia "During World War II, the statistician Abraham Wald took survivorship bias into his calculations when considering how to minimize bomber losses to enemy fire. Researchers from the Center for Naval Analyses had conducted a study of the damage done to aircraft that had returned from missions, and had recommended that armor be added to the areas that showed the most damage. Wald noted that the study only considered the aircraft that had survived their missions-the bombers that had been shot down were not present for the damage assessment. The holes in the returning aircraft, then, represented areas where a bomber could take damage and still return home safely. Wald proposed that the Navy instead reinforce the areas where the returning aircraft were unscathed, since those were the areas that, if hit, would cause the plane to be lost."
Vrizi If you know what the video is trying to tell, how can you say it's misleading? He's talking about clickbait shit you see around the internet and bullshit books (or any other material even though he doesn't really makes a list).
Imo uploader is very right. Most advice I get from people don't work for me. Usually the only stuff that works is something that I come up with myself or with opinions or ideas from people who like me
I don't think the video assumed that, I'd say that it's not a matter of fail and then succeed, but to understand and relate the current condition, say for example "ok, they've failed in the past but now they're succeeding, on the other hand, they're still failing today so, why's that?"
Caspar Abelmann haha I got saying off of Oprah. Luck in its purest sense is rare, luck in business terms is preparedness meeting correct opportunity. It's a matter of only meeting the correct times for everything to align in your favor BUT if one is not prepared already it will fail.
Robertking1996 But she's not wrong though. :P A lot of co-students in my area of business already set themselves up for failure and "don't take opportunities because I'll never get them anyway" ( can't say that I don't think that way either, sadly... ).
TH-cam works exponentially, and thrives on tons of content. It seems like a lot of channels tend to "blow up" very quickly too. It's all about exponential growth check back on 3 months.
+David Ramos Mostly read far and wide from books to blogs to articles. If anything peaks my interest, I'll do a basic google search + wikipedia. And from then on, I'll look at all the journal articles/google scholar
Bite Size Psych Ok thank you just wondering. I too enjoy educating myself and learning new things. It must beget to get an income out of it though! haha
+Dave Z It seems you may be pulling out more information from the title than is actually there. By "not trusting" advice they simply mean to be skeptical. As the video suggests, both should really be taken into consideration to get the whole picture. I agree with you that these are not mutually exclusive, and I don't think that the video is suggesting otherwise
It's like Russian rulette: the winner tells you to play the game, because it made him successful, however you can't hear advice from the other players, because they're all dead.
Yeah, idc why people are so surprised. Pretty much every ad you've ever seen is based upon your browsing history / current content you're viewing. Damn cookies.
I have mixed feelings about this video, while it is foolish to assume that people fully understand why they're successful it is also foolish to assume that you can't learn from their success. Using the married couple example, a couple that survived 50 years will have known many couples that didn't survive. Their advice may be based on what they have observed from couples that failed as much as it is about their own success.
The video did not to say that you should never listen to successful people, but that you should be cautious when taking their advice Someone's habits/decisions/etc are not always indicative of their success or potential success. he was also saying to be mindful/aware when imitating or following someone's successful habits/path as it may not be helpful in your particular situation.
I mistrust for a very different reason. The success of successful people comes (largely) on the backs of those who fail. They might well be trying to improve their own standing by getting people to follow bad advice.
That's what I think about 'success gurus'. Many of em just appear to be salesmen who are successful only because they are able to sell the idea that they are successful to others. It doesn't matter if their advice is bollocks, if they can appear happy and confident and say things like 'make your dreams come true' and 'every failure is a learning experience' then there is a group of people who will buy that.
I mean, it does make a lot of sense. We tend to focus our attention when it ones to advice of the successful... when the failure have a lot to tell as well. ask people who have failed in relationships for relationship advice, and, if they're the wise kind, I'm certain they will have a lot to say :)
"first get 50 000 email addresses...." If a PERSON, (not a scam company, just a regular person) can get their hands on 50,000 email addresses, they don't need a scam to make money.
Lacey Thiessen A batch script is basically hacking. I have litterally nothing to bring to the table except bankruptcy. In the real world, hard work doesn't pay off.
Just like what Jack Ma (founder of AliBaba) said, the main reason why most people failed is not because they do not know how people succeed. But rather, they do not know why people fail.
This is a video for pretty naive people that think that if they do the things successful people did then they'll automatically be successful too... of course there is a part of luck and randomness in life but it's how you deal with these things that define your success or failures. Picking up habits all successful people have will not guarantee success but will surely liken your chances!
Doctor Mc Eargasm 1947 I think part of the problem is that most successful people seem to be 100% convinced that they are entirely self made and that absolutely anyone could have the same level of success by just working hard enough ‘like they did’. Few successful people seem to even realise the luck, and even the ‘leg up’s’ that they’ve been given in life that another person may not ever have. When that is the narrative we are hearing from the actual people who did what we want to do then a lot of people won’t consider that every person’s perspective is biased rather than 100% true. They will just think ‘if this person became successful through nothing but their own hard work then there is no reason why I can’t do exactly the same!’
It actually may not at all liken the chances either if these habits had no influence on their prior success. Once again, you need to hear from people who did the same thing and failed to get a better picture, you’re still biasing your data by only listening to successful people.
+Mark Jidon It's really your choice to believe whatever you want. There are similarities between successful people. I personally think this video is for a pessimistic person that doubts themselves and the good life.
Listening to the failure has the same bias as listening to the the successes. You come to the same type of false conclusions. It is looking at all data that avoids the bias.
They never stay the same because there are so many variables in how a company does in terms of demographics, politics, competition, supply issues, natural disasters, employees etc. etc. There is so much going on that can change the stock price that it will never be constant.
when i played runescape there was this dude named noob6. this dude was fucking max and he helped me out with pretty much everything. he quit runescape though ;(
Clorox Bleach In final fantasy 14, I knew of a player who was my best online friend as well as my guild master she helped me out a lot online and, I went offline to save money. I really miss her.
Muja Kina wrong the way to get rich is by talking advantage of the masses. wealthy people have one thing in common...they are willing to do anything...and i mean anything...look at george Soros.THERE IS NO LUCK INVOLVED ...SORRY TO BUST YOUR BUBBLE.
Nah, privilege. If you look at successful people you'll notice that they come from the right backgrounds (rich families) and belong to the right social group. Dishwasher to millionaire stories exist, but they are the exception, not the rule. To create a business you need capital. And of course you're going to be more successful if you aren't crippled by having to pay back loans.
Dude, i understand your point, but i do not accept it: Firstable, at the first advice "take risk", what it really means is that it does not matter in what, you have to risk to gain, that does not imply to gamb everything or almost in a simple move, but you have to experimentate and take risks, those who get into bankruptcy is because they where not prudent enough, so thats why that contrast you explained is not valid, just think, more than the 90% of the world whealtiest people are entrepreneurs, and i assure you that every single bussiness entail ups and downs. Also, you said that we have to consider the ones that have fail and that is right, we have to see the whole panorama, but in the video you are just attributing the succes to the luck, not to the advices that successful people give, but you are not analyzing the fact that probably those bankrupt companies have not stick to those principles. So that´s my point if you differ with it, i will prick up my ears :) (Sorry for my bad english) - Regards from Colombia.
*THIS IS VERY TRUE BECAUSE....* I have failed more times in my life than I have succeeded & now that I am successful I can confidently say there is more than just experience, skill & natural talent, but a measure of timing & networking invloved in permanent success. In otherwords, being at the right place at the right time helps & its not always what you know but who you know.
try to learn from other peoples failures instead of your own. first there are more of them and second you have the ability to learn before you fail. also realize you will still fail sometimes so keep trying. free advice is usually worth the price you paid for it but advice you paid for usually isn't.
after hundreds of videos they've all told me basically that there is no secret to success. you need to 1) work hard, 2) follow something you enjoy otherwise it would be irrational and unlikely that you would continue after numerous failures, 3) increase your value to the marketplace by either getting certification or going to school etc 4) don't be afraid to fail because humans learn by example and every failure brings you a step closer to success 5) have written down goals because the more concrete the idea you're going after, the easier it is to stay on target. 6) biggest thing I've learned is stop trying to do everything and just find what you're good at and double down on it. putting eggs into many different baskets will just make you mediocre at many things and won't help you 7) take calculated risks. the video says otherwise but I think they just mean to be cautious too and make educated decisions. but my best outcomes were with my taking risks like meeting my wife and studying engineering at university
There are so many internet scams going on out there in the world.
And for only $19.95 I'll tell you all about them.
Fucking hilarious.
Kermit TheFrog Gold
For only $29.80 I can tell how gullible you are to scams.
Where do I pay lol
Kermit TheFrog give this guy a cookie.
This video outs a very important point that a lot of people completely forget. People tend to think that listening to unsuccessful people is a waste of time. This could not be farther from the truth. Your success as a human is based on listening to everyone, then forging the best path you know how to with everything you've learned, combined with some luck.
well most successful people were once failures too. if you ever listen to motivational videos you would know that.
Hmmm. Somebody needs to do a podcast interviewing unsuccessful people so we can learn from them.
that doesn't sound like a bad idea at all. being serious btw.
The Problem To Unsuccessful Ppl is how Many Refuse To Learn From Their Stubbornness Or Mistakes. Old Ppl Are A Great Example. They're Supposed To Be Wise, But How Many Actually Saved For Retirement? They're On Eggshells If Soc. Sec. Gets Yanked Because They Screwed Up Planning.
As Far As Advice Is Concerned, I Ignore It And Focus Only On Results. It's Better To Ask Forgiveness Than Permission.
michael jordan even listened to bad coaches, tom brady still takes high school coach advice on how to throw a ball, The founder of wall mart went to brazil and crawled under grocery stores to see what he could learn from them. dont just listen to one person, successful people can give solid advice but also unsuccessful people can give negative advice
"If I found a cave of gold, why would I tell others about it?" -Mark Twain
Ethan Darrah to let them see the way to the cave so they can give you more money
So you can overvalue the cave and sell the rights and information to various buyers and investors for more than it's worth
Milk Bowl the more there is of something the lower the price becomes.
"Yeah that makes sen- HEY WAIT A MINUTE!"
so you could scam people into thinking they could also get gold
Before the video even started I got an ad from a successful person who wants to
a) give me an advice book for "free"
b) pay it forward and tell others
c) forgot
Lamborghini in the Hollywood Hills?
Bryan Robinson d) KNOWLEDGE
Bryan Robinson I N M Y G A R A G E
Guys this is a scam. Bite Size Psych is a very successful youtube channel. You shouldn't trust their advice.
+ilker yoldas Maybe if they were giving advice on how to create a successful youtube channel, but this is just elucidating a common bias.
+George Rosebush It was tongue-in-cheek :p
and you learned that by taking their advice. paradox detected
+ilker yoldas The guy has 20k subs, lol
+Kaleb Bruwer nailed it.. anyway there's this word called "CHOICE". meaning option, alternative, possible course of action. The rule is simple: take the advice or leave it, your choice
There are two steps to success
Step 1: Never reveal everything
Step 2:
You forgot the second step.
*Step 2: Kill anyone who knows the secrets
I fixed it :V
Netbase2000 just read the 1st step! 😆😁😂
i stopped reveal my things and now... (should i reveal more words?)
@@Netbase2000 r/whooosh
>Watches successful video
>Contemplates the paradox of the advise
>Gives up
>Bleach shots
ItsCdubs i get the paradox.
Since this channel is successful, this might be a lie and unthrustworthy as a result.
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I got 99 problems but bleach ain't one.
the secret to success and the cause of failure:
Convince people you are a success, if you cant you will fail.
Whatever you do like entertainment, selling, investing, production, etc. you must get every buyer, partner, beneficiary, investor, worker, so on and to forth to believe they would be right to give you their attention, money, and support.
It doesn't matter if you have the single most brilliant idea ever conceived, if you cant get people to agree then you will never become successful.
On the other hand a scam artist or ambitious idiocy can become successful with bad ideas like SOLAR POWERED ROADWAYS!
Advertisements have so much money put into them for this reason, it doesn't matter if a persons idea is total crap they just need to make you think its good through marketing ex. [insert movie let down that turned a profit because of its epic trailer]... like suicide squad
It doesn't matter if you liked Hillary, Trump, or Sanders... each of them and all who make it big in politics are masters of convincing people they are successful before they have even succeeded at anything. Almost always is failure and repercussions present in any politicians career despite how well they have convinced many people of otherwise and all are shocked every time like its some jack in the box.
I truly believe libertarians cant get good traction because their central belief is to not make anyone's life better but instead uninhibited everyone from making their own lives better. Basically saying "I wont succeed at anything cause you'll be the makers of your own success" I'm not libertarian I'm just saying that though their ideas are sound they receive too little attention cause they cant convince people to support them do to the lack of an active solution they would enforce.
Where on the other hand we have Hitler, the undisputed worst case world wide that managed and some how still manages to convince people his ideas are good which brought him immense success to conquer Europe though temporarily.
If you can convince the world that you will do something to improve their lives then the world will make sure you succeed.
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I'm still trying to figure out why the second guy on the podium is holding the bronze trophy and not the silver one.
Oh... you're right. What the heck?
Kevin Yeoh good observation there sir!
all i know is that in original olympic games 1st place got gold and 2nd got bronze, 3rd didnt get anything
It's a metaphor for life
The amount of work you put in doesn't always equate to your level of success
In the case of a race for example the second guy put in the more work than the third by running faster but the third was rewarded better
It's not silver - it's tin ;-)
5 of 6 scientists said that Russian Roulette is safe
Lol
Correction: 5 of 5 scientists say that Russian Roulette is safe.
Think about that for a second, and then you will truely get the idea of this video (only in reverse).
LOL
Wheatley This will ruin the joke.
Abstract Russian .... that....
I just made a joke _within_ the joke
Cause... the whole, the 6th scientist being dead and all........ so he can't say anything...
(And on top of that, it ALSO proves the point of the video)
*2.1M views* boy this video sure is... successful.
+Untitled "Black Mirror" Fifteen Million Merits
286 hits, man this comment is sure successfu
OH GOD IT'S A FUCKING LOOP!
3M now
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i find it funny how the ad for this video was one of Tai Lopez's ads 😂😂😂😂😂😂
to be fair tai lopez is a con artist h3h3 exposed him.
hahahaha
So funny indeed!
Tai Lopez commercial popped up before this vodeo for me
looool ikrr
In science, we look for traits that are called "predictors." For example, in cancer research, we look for molecules that not only are present in patients with cancer, but also absent from patients without cancer. When you have both these properties, you have a trait that is a predictor.
The problem here, in short, is that the traits that are present in successful people are not necessarily absent in people who fail. So finding that cancer patients have sugar in their blood is not very useful because non-cancerous patients also have that.
Likewise, just because successful people do some things doesn't mean that failures didn't do them.
That being said, does that mean that life is a complete lottery and there's nothing you can do at all? Not necessarily.
You can take actions (such as getting educated, being physically fit, or whatever is appropriate for the field you want to get into) that increase your chance of being able to grab an opportunity if one comes your way. If you want to work in another country, speaking that country's language, for example, is a pretty obvious way of increasing the chances of success of getting a job there.
You don't control the probability of an opportunity coming your way. It might be 50%, it might 5% or your life might just suck at 0%. But you can influence the probability of you being able to grab the opportunity when/if it comes.
So yes, working hard is important. But it's not a guarantee. But likewise, the fact that it sometimes doesn't work doesn't mean it's useless. It's just statistics, of which you only control one factor.
Well explained!
Well written.
Too succeed, one most fail to understand and learn how to strengthen their weaknesses to overcome obstacles and achieve success. Luck is the other half, that's the one that I suck at.
Thank you. Very wise words.
Profound!
I've long hated when people dismiss advice from people who have failures under their belts. It's irrational and lacks insight.
Divorced man: "Listen. Don't lie to your wife."
Stupid kid: "Why should I listen to you? You've been divorced 3 times! LOL"
Married man: "I lie to my wife all the time!"
Stupid kid: "Haha! Yeah! Good advice!"
lol if he's still married because he lied, it is good advice
No it isn't. If you always have to lie in a relationship to keep it, you are not in a true relationship. And if you think the other person can't accept who you really are, there is no match. And if you are cheating on them you are saying essentially that they are not your equal...and you should end it.
Hate to shoe horn bs, but it's the same thing with the whole "Donald Trump's gone bankrupt x times"
-o shit boi waddup-
The truth is it varies a lot depending on several factors such as the type of people and specially the time frame. Lying works pretty good on dumb submissive people, specially if they have low self esteem and reality-avoidant (heavily religious, too much into literature, too much into fiction, etc.). If the person is "in love" lying is very effective and easily accomplishable. The problem is if you have to lie too much for too long it tends to add up, and the inconsistencies become more relevant. Although if you're dealing with people with poor memory, it will work forever.
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Hey wanna know what I like more then books? *KNOWLEDGE*
Wasabi Spicey *than. read more books you dumbass
KNAWLIDGE
KNAAAWLEDGE
lol. Tis the stewpid doge.
Than*
so i was loading this video up and the lamborghini guy's ad came on...
Same
NAAAAAAAAALEEDGE
Same lmao
Ahmed Benali pretty ironic amirite
same here man, he was giving a tour of "his" house. ohh the irony
Lol I got a “buy my book” ad before this video
This video has 900,000 views therefore it is successful. I won't listen to it.
true lol
lol i don't know why this isn't the top comment XD
it was only posted 1 hour ago
Hahaha ur soooooooooooooooooooooooooo funny bro. Get it? That was sarcasm :D
Then will u listen to the one with 27 views?
I got the 'here in my garage with my Lamborghini' guy in the ad before this video
Same
same
What the actual fuck...
wow... that's FUCKING ridiculous.. I got TH-cam red trial. lol
Yeah dude what the fuck
there was literally an ad for this video about this dude telling us how to get rich like him.
+goblin123 Was it the Lamborghini guy?
+Mahmoud Elsharawy I have learnt to absolutely hate that bloke
+goblin123 Tai Lopez?
OH come on guyz!! Go get some NOleech. I'll give you 4 step for free, then sell you the rest.
+goblin123 KNAWLEDGE
Just saw a ad about two successful woman giving me advice on how to get money and live a free life style while working from your computer right before this video...
JD Everafter i saw that ad too.. but they never say what they actually do and try and sell you a seminar...
best to find a mentor and expand your definition of success to include being excellant and what you do.
It’s target advertising ... somehow seems you visited at least a couple of videos about financial advice
JD Everafter To help in achieving success, learn when to use "a" or "an".
The real question is should I take this advice from someone with more than 100,000 subscribers
maybe because this channel might not stay at 100 000 subs for too long
bd
it's not that difficult to get 200 000+ subscribers, listen to these 10 advices to learn how! :D
No, I'm kidding... it's pretty much as the video says, it's good to have a skill and vision, but sometimes you just get lucky :D
bet you feel dumb now, eh?
you still don't get it uh ?
just finished driving my Lamborghini! but whats really important. KNOWLEDGE!
my friend was legit fooled by tai lopez
+nathan martinez gotta get those fuel units
So......WHY SHOULD I TRUST YOU?
HighELOMasterRace if you are questioning trusting him in doing so youve already taken his advice
But it still raises the question, who do you trust? How do we know if anyone is trustworthy?
HighELOMasterRace No one can be fully trusted. Evaluate the gains and losses then choose carefully with logic backing up your decisions.
James Lee yeah you want us to believe that hu?! Im not trusting you either.
You have a solid point there, but sometimes we can be deceived and tricked, outwitted...
Which is why trusting someone is very difficult.
learn from other peoples failures so you won't have to learn from your own
TDubsKid so true
TDubsKid you sound gay... learn from yourself
Bigsauc3 you sound stupid... learn
learn from people mistake who take your advice, so you don't do the mistake yourself.
Agree 100% - They refer to this sometimes as anecdotal evidence, but it's too often discounted as wrong for some reason. But I think it's vital that we learn from the mistakes of people we know/see. Otherwise we'd be reading scientific studies all the time, and who has time for that?
My friend don't believe in chemo or other cancer treatment because of this, she always say "look at all those people still healthy without treatment"
Because all the other people without treatment are fucking dead!
Solid video! btw
+mmmajchicu some people die who dont have cancer...
***** so eloquently spoken good sir
+MsSunhappy Also factor in the people who never had cancer, lived or died of natural causes, or car wrecks, falling off a ladder. The goal is to survive, not be cured of cancer and then break their neck from a slip on the bathroom floor the next day.
TheBoldImperator no shit it's still apart of chemo DUMBASS BITCH FUCK YOU
ironic that I got "here in my backyard.." commercial
Damn TEDX now I have that annoying man on my videos xd
not everyone is using a PC....
***** you have too though if 100% of people stopped youtube would not live in its current form would it?
+Evi1M4chine What is wrong with you? TH-camr's have been getting revenue from ads, and without them, they wouldn't be more inclined to make more videos. You are what's wrong with TH-cam. I, not a video maker, watch ads so I can support my favorite channels, so they can get paid, so they can make more videos, which in turns, allows me to watch more videos and support them further. It's feedback loop. You are killing the feedback loop. Don't try to make the argument, "it's okay if I do it, because not everyone's doing it," because if everyone thought that way, no one would vote, everyone would be dick heads (including you btw), and no one would get ad revenue. Sit the fuck down, kid.
+pandaman What you just said.
I can tell you a big piece of advice that will help you be successful. Have rich parents.
Roughly 80 percent of millionaires in America are the first generation of their family to be rich. They didn't inherit their wealth; they earned it.
i disagree with that. you dont know what you are talking about.
Research has been done for a while. Sorry, the american dream is still alive and well for those who are willing to stop feeling sorry for themselves and work for it.
www.nytimes.com/books/first/s/stanley-millionaire.html
honestly there is some genetics involved because the average person cares about how others feel. To be rich, you need to own a proportionally unreasonable amount of money. This indirectly means you made people poor. Money circulates and there is a very set amount that exists in the world. You have to be a little bit of an asshole, because you need to hire others to do work, convince them to be payed less than they deserve and collect the revenue they generated completely only to give them a percentage of that. The more people you get stuck into the scheme, the richer you get. Just look at Walmart.
Money circulates, and more is created all the time. We aren't on the gold standard anymore. The money supply is constantly increasing. Just because you built something and earned $1000 it doesn't mean someone else is $1000 poorer, instead the multiplier effect of money in circulation can benefit everyone.
Reminds me of John Ward talking about the dangers of electric shocks. He said lots of people will say "hey I touched the mains and I'm still here" but of course you won't be hearing the counter argument of warnings from the ones who didn't survive.
that's survivorship bias in a nutshell - now let's replace "touched the mains" with "obeyed god's commands" for fun lol
Sean Seaphan now that is true and a little scary.. why is there no one that's ever said, I disobeyed God and I am still alive lol :)
I actually think about this all the time
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Nice!
The ad before the video was the guy talking about how he got his Lamborghini
hahaha lol. what an irony!
"What an irony" doesn't make any sense. You mean to say "The irony"
Ads are fine-tuned to the content or description of videos.
well i got whisper sanitary pad add, and im a male. Genius eh?
Don't waste time watching pointless ads, get ad block for free!!
Funny how in the image at 4:15 the guy who is in second place has the bronze and the guy in the third place has the silver
Yeah and in the cover photo, what the hell :P
Good eye!
Good representation of life
@VivaValdez - Yes, sometimes when you're the most deserving you get passed over anyways for the next in line. Life isn't fair.
probably the third place got zinc
Brilliant! Take it from me, big risks tend to end in big losses!
And remember, anyone who is successful does not want to teach others how to do the same. They only want your money.
Rob Gravelle well that's like a certain percentage of successful people. You gotta find one who's not totally greedy
can you tell me your experiences with big risks rob?
+Thomas clueso Huebner I took a risk by investing with my brother in law. Disaster. Bought an investment duplex. Bigger disaster.
Rob Gravelle dont put all ur eggs in one basket
A "big risk" for a layperson can be a "tiny risk" or no risk at all to a pro in that arena. The key is to find the things that are "big risks" for most people but that you know how to manage well and turn into small or no risk situations.
So the point of this video was YES you should listen to successful people, but you should ALSO listen to failures... So basically the title of this video was click bait?
No, the title is not to trust successful people advice. But listen to them by all means.
WhatAreYouBuyen The point to not listening to ONLY successful people is that you lose sight on the bigger picture, so it's not all clickbait. ;)
Well it is because if I knew the video was just going to be generic, cliche "listen to both sides" thing then I wouldn't have clicked on the video. The way it's titled, seemed like I would actually learn something...
Whoa look at Mr "I am very smart" over here. He knows how to be successful for sure! Get out of here troll.
mrpodo100 Bad day..? O_o
hah i got a tai lopez ad before this video
same
Same
NAAAAAAAALEDGE
I did the 67 steps it really worth more than 67$
Tai and his rented house
You've just destroyed Ted Talks with one video.
think about Justin Bieber for a moment (I know...Bieber....but bare with me for a minute)
he didn't get fame and money because he had a vision or big dreams.
he became famous because some guys car broke down and heard him sing.
Whiterun Guard and you think every successful people are like Bisbee. 😂
Whiterun Guard Oh and like a TH-cam channel many years ago
Whiterun Guard to me being successful depends on your career, heritage, a big one is your ability to network, being successful is mainly who you know.
I heard it was because someone with influence clicked on a video of his by accident, liked it and decided to bring him in for a more formal audition.
Whiterun Guard 100% luck
I'd be interested to know whether many of the "successful people" actually realise that they had a good deal of luck and accidental timing. After all, you don't know very much about why something happens to you.
+Shadow4707 They do, it's why when you listen to their stories, there's always a "I wouldn't be here if it weren't for" and they go on to thank someone who greatly influenced their success, that's the luck part. People don't like to think luck is a big factor because it takes away from our ego, to think that they aren't in complete control, so you wouldn't catch them saying " What's my advice? Well, I don't have any because there's no way you'll be as lucky as I was."
I doubt they feel it at a visceral level even if they'd admit it. I remember reading about a study where they rigged a monopoly game in one person's favor with everyone aware and at the end the player still attributed their victory to their own skill
Stephen Hogsten That's interesting. I have searched for it, but found only secondary sources. Would have been nice to read the original. :(
The scientist gave a TED talk though. ("Does money make you mean?" by Paul Piff)
+Shadow4707 I think they market their "luck" as "seizing an opportunity", which is fair. They may get lucky, but they also take advantage of said luck.
+Suph373 Nope, and that's what this video is about. Watch it again.
You almost have 100k subs. on TH-cam, that's quite "successful", should we listen to you or be sceptical about you?
Hahaha! The IRONY !!!
***** The vid says: be more skeptical of "their" advice. "their" 一> "successful ppl"
He's specifically talking about those who give advice on being successful, as in actually achieving success in a full proof manner. He points out successful people because that's what people normally trust without rationally thinking about it. It's very easy for those focused on a big prize to ignore all those who didn't make it, and focus on those who did.
He's not saying that those who are successful cannot give good advice to consider in general, or anybody for that matter.
It's when that advice specifically talks about how to achieve success that you should be skeptical. He's not giving you advice on being successful because he's not saying that being skeptical will bring you success. He made it a point at the end to say that no one has a monopoly on success. There are many factors involved, and to truly be logical you need to see multiple sides of the coin.
Even if you're skeptical you can still end up being wrong about someone's advice. But rationally, if we have no specific reason to put successful people's stories over non-successful people's, then we should approach all success stories with skepticism. Again, keeping in mind that this is not a success story, but rather advice regarding which is the most logical and unbiased way to approach an attempted grasp at what makes "success." You can still end up ignoring a story that might actually help you, because luck is involved as well. It's irrelevant. Being skeptical is still inherently more logical than blindly trusting without doing much more analysis, and instead simply trusting because one is successful.
You can try to go with the linguistic paradox that then, in order to be truly logical and see both sides of the coin, we should then be "skeptical of being skeptical", but then that's inherently illogical, because being skeptical of being skeptical simply reduces to not being skeptical, which is always more biased and illogical by default than being skeptical itself. That's like trying to reject logic from its basic roots, which you can do, but if that's the case no one needs to take you seriously at all, since you've essentially just rejected all coherence as a result.
Also yes, if you just look at the way he phrased the title of the video, out of context, it does in fact seem like you have a valid general point, but upon watching the video, you can get a grasp on what he's actually referring to specifically. The advice you shouldn't trust, in this case is specifically being defined as something that purports a solution: a key to always getting it right, and winning. Skepticism is not a key to always getting it right. I mean by default it is inherently more logical when not enough data is present, but in reality, and in society it is by no means a full proof always succeed strategy. And the author of the video knows that.
So no irony here! =^p. Just a lack of understanding of how certain paradoxes work, I wager.
DavidSchrodinger Why did you write so much??? It's just a TH-cam comment section, not an essay debate section......
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+Guilherme C. KNAWWLege
+Guilherme C. lmao i see what you did there
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People that go bankrupt when "taking risks" are stupid. You must take risks, but at the same time have a back up plan from where you can recover from and try again. You don't just invest 100% of what you got and hope for the best
I think the point is more that for every seemingly good advice, there are both people who followed it and succeeded and people that failed, meaning that a simple advice doesn't always show the whole picture and usually there are other factors that play an important role too
Risk management would be key here: you can take risks, but you'll have to manage the losses properly.
it is so easy to talk about backup plan proposing you have like millions of dollar for instance. There many people don't have this option but it doesn't stop them from betting even they have to bet 100% for a slightly chance that they might have.
Beside sometime you have to if you want to survive and win, and just thinking about backup plan is just a waste of time in this case. So they aren't fool, just strongly believing in the future that they want to make it happen. Who knows, some of them will be making for sure.
Ghaemi350z How much did you risk? 90%?
People who believe there is no risk you can't take the negative consequences of are stupid. How would you have a backup plan for something where the negative consequences are uncontrollable, and you have to take a risk?
I just ask unsuccessful people what mistakes they made and I avoid it.
"I lost 50 grand in the stocks"
"Oh, that sucks. I guess I won't do that. Thanks man."
*Man starts sobbing*
"I got run over on the pavement the second I walked out the door"
"Oh that sucks, I guess I'll never leave my house. Thanks man"
*starves to death while man continues with life*
^ That's why you need both sides.
chiffmonkey No, the first man Lost money because he invested in a failing business and the second man got hurt because of luck
OR he got hurt because he wasn't aware of his surroundings, didn't react quickly enough.
@@cristiano5606 Right, and you can predict which businesses are gonna fail? Go short them then
@@bobbobbob321 I can't but some people are more capable than I am and surely can, maybe not with 100% accuracy but with enough to turn a profit, and of course, luck still plays a part but a good investor will make enough to compensate for the inevitable loses that do happen do to bad luck.
Oh, I've just remembered a ship in an Iain M Banks book called "The 100th Fool". The reason for the name? 100 fools make plans and 99 fail, the hundredth, through sheer luck succeeds and thinks himself very clever!
the 100th fool is very common now days. showing off their sports cars and bragging like they didn't need luck and then some fools actually believe them dogmatically. If the 100th fool is bad think about their followers, dogmatically believing every word of success advice without question.
+xwise I'm conservative and I take responsibility for *every* mistake I make, primarily when it impacts those around me or under my leadership. That's part of what being a real conservative *IS.* Your "typical" stab itself is biased and sounds like it comes from the media.
Problem begins when you think every sucessful person is a 100th fool, that's just wrong, there are people that actually fought for it.
oolon colluphid "That's part of what being a real conservative *IS.*
So there are no *real conservative* MPs, then?
Ty CehZ
Yes, there are some people who had good ideas, worked hard, got the right connections and succeeded. However, none of them are 20 times more intelligent than average and none of them worked 20 times harder than average (although some might be more than 20 times as talented, but that's hard to quantify) and also remember, there's no such thing as a self made millionaire or billionaire. It takes society's complex matrix, with thousands of others working very hard for often very little reward for these people to make money. Continued.
Is it just me, or does he say, "call the half that received the wrong prediction", and then proceeds as though he is calling the half that received the right prediction?
He said "cull", not "call".
He said cull
Ahhh! That makes more sense. Thanks!
Those 50 people were just shown that the hedge fund can accurately predict the stock market. They are only suckers if they accept, they aren't suckers just because they are part of that group.
it's not just you, that's why I scroll down to the comments to see if anyone else catch it.
Don't just take risk.
Take *calculated* risk.
If you want advice from a failure, just talk to yourself.
*****
It doesn't work? You do realize someone had to be the first to succeed?
+Richard Gates false, the first tries are 90% failures, the second or thrid tries are usully the successful ones, look at light bulbs, smartphones, films, operation systems, tanks, fashion designs, u name it, most new ideas failed in the beginning
Lol :-)
TC Yu
That is actually what I meant, you learn from your own failures by not repeating them. Many times I have tried what failed for others and found it to work, typically because I tried it a little differently.
Richard Gates absolutely true
REMEMBER!
SUCCESSFUL PPL LIVE OFF... YOU!
So what, seek out a homeless person to be your mentor? When I started my small business I simply found a successful person doing what I wanted to do and explained I needed help! He gave advice for free as my mentor. Not all successful people are assholes and asking advice in person is not the same as a magazine article.
Just ask. All a person can say is no.
I think mentors are a great idea because they are more personally invested in your success. I think the point of the video is to be weary of books and websites who try to sell you on ideas simply because the person(s) is successful.
that's not what he said... but you're another example of a successful person. What about all the people who had successful mentors but still failed?
in addition to the other answer: It is not about successful people wanting to give bad/false advice, it is about successful people giving advice that actually was not the reason for the success in the first place.
Actually, a homeless person could teach you a lot.
You're missing the point entirely. The point is success is not a guarantor of expertise, nor a recipe for repeat success. There is a myth that success is self-made (the bootstrapper mentality), when in reality countless outside uncontrollable factors influence success.
So it's not that successful people can't have useful advice or be good mentors. Far from it. It's that a successful person can be just as full of shit as somebody who failed 10 times to start a business. Don't judge expertise based on win-loss record.
yeah because Trump is the only one responsible for his fortune. Learn to distrust personal anecdotes borat.
This is survivorship bias. Read about it. It has changed my life send perspective on everything. Now I stopped reading "succesful" advice books.
şefMașină wow your dumb 😂 😂 you completely missed the point
Those books are worthless. Get to work and maybe you’ll get lucky.
Get lucky? Where do we use that phrase... hmmm.... oh yeah. Having sex. So there. That’s lucky too because you aren’t in control of the situation. The other person needs to allow it. Doesn’t stop people from trying.
The world needs to grant you your wish ultimately of money or whatever your non sex goal is. That shouldn’t discourage you from trying... like sex. It is luck. But you have to try or you’ll never have a chance. Want your goal bad enough and you’ll find a way.
are you considered successful?
LPS KitKat explain your reasoning behind asking this question. If you've watched the vid, wouldn't u know that it doesn't matter if he's successful or not?
That's not even the lesson of the video. The point of the video is that only looking at successful scenarios and situations can hide dangers and risks to avoid, or special conditions that made a certain approach uniquely, rather thsn generally successful.
"There are two sure-fire ways to fail in life: one is to listen to everyone; the other is to listen to no one." -Claude Hamilton
Sean Ngui "uhhh wouldn't you know that this man who isn't successful doesn't have to be to give us advice on how to be successful because it's all about luck."
Yeah I'm sure those CEO with bankrupt companies are really living in squalor compared to this kid on TH-cam.
The information he portrays is shown off in a highly negative light because the first person he talks about is a literal scammer. And his grand advice is "be a little skeptical." Okay why not just make educated decisions on who you take your advice from?
"Because what if they're just lucky" oh well here's a football coach who's managed several successful teams, that seems pretty unlikely to be blind luck right? Like I could learn about running a successful team/crew from him.
This man always has the best gardens maybe I could grow my garden out successfully if I listen to his 30 years of experience.
Oh and this one has done sales since highschool, maybe he'll know a thing or two more about sales than the people who've failed.
No that's apparently illogical ...
But I imagine you wouldn't have as eye catching of a title as "don't do the thing you were taught to do"
I don’t care life is fun whether you’re “successful” or not
LPS KitKat I might be wrong but yesterday I was living in a mansion 100 feet from big beach in maui, you can tell me.
This should be featured on Adam Ruins Successful People.
That show is for ideas that have been researched and studied. This video just presents an opinion, and not a very smart one at that.
Is not just an opnion it is based on research just look at the studies linked in the description.
its not an "opinion", he uses logic and reasoning to come to a conclusion
Well, a conclusion is an interpretation of what you found, so it is somehow an opinion.
Here, the first example is weird,
"we are the 50 people", I agree with the idea, but you can't say that after saying you started with 50000.
Also, to show you conclusions are close to opinions, I would conclude that we tend to listen to people who sucess because things sound easy in their mouth, and it is more comfortable than hearing that life is hard, and hardwork is necessary but some times not enough.
Enigma Riv If his thoughts were true then why does multi billion dollar companies like Apple pay for consultants? Why do they pay to have systems and employee training? They do it because they know if "Mr. Doe" was incredibly successful at something. He can teach someone else how to be too
Tai lopez add
The irony is strong with this one xD
came here to say that! up you go lol
+Cavid Nadirov 9gagger?
KNOWLEDGE!!!
Then again, in order for that statement to be true, you'll have to assume that the content creator is in fact, successful, which is debateable to begin with, but, lol.
Michael Chen Dont do that to my brain pls
So I shouldn't take gaming tips by TheLegend27 ?
dont take it that far, he is a legend for something
Is this the same thing as selection bias?
+Sid B Yes, it falls under the category of selection bias
Yeah in particular survivor bias. Veritasium also did a good video about this too. Not exactly this but quite close.
+Sudarson Baskaran
I believe the one you're thinking of talks of confirmation bias.
That's a good analogy there. However I don't think lucky is the main thing here. It's about commitment and not giving up.
You might have missed the point.
***** Of course lucky plays its role, but it is way less than in the old days. We live in a period where our ideas and effort are much valuable than anything. You can be treated as equal as someone who was born in a rich family. Some countries are still really conservative, but this is changing.
Have you ever read Einstein's life story of even Neil Degrasse Tyson's?
I bet you do know someone who tried hard and failed, but that doesn't mean it was the correct way and in that sense, it is the same thing as not trying at all. What is the example that you have? The person worked packing boxes and then he thought he would succeed if he packed more boxes than his mates? That is not how it works. You have to constantly adapt yourself to the situation, analyzing if your efforts are going to take you to the place where you want to be.
I have myself experienced a lot of bad things in my professional and private life. I know that if I compared myself with a few, I would end up saying he/she was lucky and that was life is, but instead I tried harder and ended up succeeding my goals. Now I am in the same position where the "lucky" ones once were.
Life sucks, but it is up to us to chose on either crying and giving up or making it less worse.
Having exceptions doesn't mean there is no correlation between what you do and the results you get. Those are just excuses not to even try.
''Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm''
Sure, but at some point a person must ask "why do I keep failing and still have enthusiasm??"
Imo, the reason why you cannot rely on "peoples advice" 💯 on how to be successful is because you cannot replicate success by doing what they do. I think success is like a fingerprint, each one is unique. You cannot replicate a persons journey, people has different thought process. Each and every one of us has a different definition of success as well. 🤔 💭
then why should I trust you
*tuuun*
He's not successful xD
They are actually pretty successful, you gotta take risks, if you don't take a risk and do something that you hate for the rest of your life, to me that's worse than being bankrupt, because then you have waisted your life, if you take a risk to get your dream job, or to do something you always wanted to do, even if you go bankrupt, it's still worth it, since you at least got a story to tell, where you tried and failed, taking a shot at your dream and failing, is way better than never taking a shot, which is why this video is bullshit, doubt has destroyed many more dreams than failure have ever did
Well I really hope you get that job, whatever it is, if you work hard enough you will get it sooner or later
That is not true at all, lazy people get fired, people who work hard might not always get what they want, but if you keep working as hard as you can, chances are you will get that job
why should i listen to you? you are successful
pewdiepie is success. check yourself
Paradox....
You know what really bugs me about this video? At the end, the man in second place has a bronze trophy, whilst the man in third place has a silver trophy. WHAT DOES IT MEAN!?
This is profound advice. I think the greatest wisdom an adult can have is to build a 'board of advisors'. Parents, friends, leaders, role models, and other people with a variety of opinions and perspectives, all of which you respect to consult when you make major decisions. This has helped me more than any other single piece of advice.
More like, "Don't listen to people who say they can predict the charts." Whether you're trading stocks, forex, etc. that should be pretty obvious because they'll give you signals that move the market in their favor. And btw the saying "Take risks" is a pretty valid statement when it comes to other things in life, like approaching a girl you like. Yeah don't gamble your entire bank, but again this video is focused on the stock market and not life in general. Be open-minded to any advice and make your own conclusions out of it. Instead of being closed-minded, which is what this video suggests
7thletter I think the video is trying to say just take the advice with a pinch of salt
Robert Wynn I don't think that's how that saying goes
7thletter this video doesn't suggest you to be close minded it just tells you to look and think before you leap.
7thletter It should be better stated: take risk when there is much to gain and little to lose.
7thletter I know right. I thought this video had pretty faulty logic itself
the harsh truth about being successful in a competitive but highly rewarding field is you'll have to take a leap of faith, actually multiple leaps of faith, and you're either going come crashing down or you'll fly. you have to take the risk and be ready for the consequences. odds are you won't fly since there is a lot of luck involved but that's not all of it. another dirty little secret that no one will tell you is that if you play by the "rules" you will most certainly fail. you must learn to rig the odds in your favor. you will almost definitely have to do things that are illegal and/or are against your moral code. it all comes down to being willing to do whatever it takes to win, and be ready and willing to lose everything at any moment.
Exactly. Most people think playing it safe or playing well with others really get you ahead. In some cases, yes creating a team that helps you be successful is one way to do it. However, business/work is cuttthroat and it really is a dog-eat-dog world. Most people are not read to accept that toes must be stepped on sometimes in order to get to where you want to be. You can't get emotional in business.
I took a year to read a business book from harvard and to tell the truth I didn't learn jack shit than when I did my own research. I even figured out that there are 16 deadly sins and not 7. At some point there were 8 and a pope removed the eighth one that was called DESPOND. Martyr has now taken the place of despond, but even then its original greek meaning was defined as witness.
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100% correct. This video is pseudo-intellectual garbage and it heartens me not all of the people in it's comment section are bahhhhing "wow" like sheep.
+ThreeFingerG Why would anyone "wow" at this? It sounds logical at such a basic level that, while it's not something many people think about, is a rather tame conclusion. Not sure why business ethics came into this discussion though, this video didn't mention them at all.
I can tell you one thing. Nobody that is mega successful made this video. Literally every single successful person I've ever spoken talks about failure and being wrong. This video is one sided and it could hurt someone aspiring to success in my opinion. Dislike for me.
+Curtis McAllister
Actually, advice like this helped the Allies win World War 2, you know.
youarenotsosmart.com/2013/05/23/survivorship-bias/
I think you don't completely understand this video.
This video does not tell you not to listen to the success stories. It tells you to be more sceptical about them and not to blindly believe that their advice will work for you too.
ok so by that logic =, lets ask kim k how she got to be so successful, she will say, make a sex tape and so would any other hoe, does this mean she is right? no so she will have the same advice as failures there for her success is based on luck. Thats what the video is about.
You are successful on TH-cam, so does that mean that I shlould not trust you on this video and actualy list and trust to the successful people's advice? But leads us to this successful video so that means..... Omg my head hurts....
Nemanja Stevanovic TH-camception.
Nemanja Stevanovic your profile pic made me think there is a hair on my screen!
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Nemanja Stevanovic you are right!
Nemanja Stevanovic Oh man, I thought I have hair on my screen :)
Okay, if luck is the missing ingredient, how does one get "luck"? Can you make a video about that?
Create more opportunities. For example, if you want to get popular on youtube, create as many videos as possible (make sure they're at a certain quality) and hope for the best.
Also be skeptical about this, this is advice from someone successful XD
+dommychi That's so true actually
Luck is self created...
People who are succesfull do the things that make them succesfull.
How did it come allot of companies go bankrupt. And allot of companies are not?
He didn't even stated why the companies go bankrupt. He only said that allot of companies do and allot of companies doesn't
in my opinion the greatest book written on the subject of creating luck that is accessible to the average person is "think and grow rich" by napoleon hill, he also wrote a book about why people fail called "outwitting the devil" the advice in these books goes far beyond the acquisition of finances. and he has been on both sides of the coin. the main message of this video has a good point, that we should study both sides, nevertheless there is a formula for creating success. that i know for certain
Luck and mindset for all you life been training/prepared to be a winner, even that you start as a cleaner. Nothing beats winning mentality, b!tch please! You can work hard all your life, but mentally not prepared or weak, you will not progress. Do what you love, it is mental and luck, not hardwork. Worksmart!
I would say luck, and knowing your risks for the decisions you are making. If you bet all your life savings on a startup, that's the equivalent of betting all your life savings on the lottery. Mitigate the risk and always have a backup for failure.
Maybe we should take Donald Trump's advice and get a small loan of a million dollars
You'd spend it in a year.
then write it all off and get a yuge tax refund.
+The Rationalist I don't know what you're trying to say. He (Trump) was maintaining a standard of living before his loan. The loan was solely for business. He didn't need to spend his business money to enjoy himself.
Kevin Parsley If you think you're so good then go out and get an investor to give you a million dollars. They'd be happy to if they can get a return on it. Getting the money isn't the hard part. It's knowing what to do with it afterwards that's so hard.
+The Rationalist -Getting a loan from his father was NOTHING like getting a loan from an investor. I'm fine, but don't pretend that acting like Trump is a business genius is rational. He's a blubbering idiot.
LLLLLLLLLLLLLOL "Getting the money isn't the hard part. It's knowing what to do with it afterwards that's so hard." Of course not, that's why he has to keep filing bankruptcies, and as indicated by those losses, he must have a hard time making good decisions.... But thank god for losses, otherwise he would have to pay tax. GTFO. Rational, my ass.
I know what's the video is trying to tell, but imo somehow it is very misleading. Too much assumption that successful people do not experience failure and if they do experience failure, they won't include that experience in their advices
many people (especially men) are ashamed of their failures, and try to hide them: I've heard that Jay-Z tries to hide his business failures
From Wikipedia
"During World War II, the statistician Abraham Wald took survivorship bias into his calculations when considering how to minimize bomber losses to enemy fire. Researchers from the Center for Naval Analyses had conducted a study of the damage done to aircraft that had returned from missions, and had recommended that armor be added to the areas that showed the most damage. Wald noted that the study only considered the aircraft that had survived their missions-the bombers that had been shot down were not present for the damage assessment. The holes in the returning aircraft, then, represented areas where a bomber could take damage and still return home safely. Wald proposed that the Navy instead reinforce the areas where the returning aircraft were unscathed, since those were the areas that, if hit, would cause the plane to be lost."
Vrizi If you know what the video is trying to tell, how can you say it's misleading? He's talking about clickbait shit you see around the internet and bullshit books (or any other material even though he doesn't really makes a list).
Imo uploader is very right. Most advice I get from people don't work for me. Usually the only stuff that works is something that I come up with myself or with opinions or ideas from people who like me
I don't think the video assumed that, I'd say that it's not a matter of fail and then succeed, but to understand and relate the current condition, say for example "ok, they've failed in the past but now they're succeeding, on the other hand, they're still failing today so, why's that?"
Luck = preparedness meeting correct opportunity
Robertking1996 A lot of people in the comments don't get that though. :/
Caspar Abelmann haha I got saying off of Oprah. Luck in its purest sense is rare, luck in business terms is preparedness meeting correct opportunity. It's a matter of only meeting the correct times for everything to align in your favor BUT if one is not prepared already it will fail.
Robertking1996 But she's not wrong though. :P A lot of co-students in my area of business already set themselves up for failure and "don't take opportunities because I'll never get them anyway" ( can't say that I don't think that way either, sadly... ).
luck= tremendous amount of preparation followed by many failed attempts and finally meeting correct opportunity
No it doesn't
I love this channel. Why the hell doesn't this guy have a million subscribers already!?
Because he doesn't know how to be successful because he doesn't study the successful people who already did it.
Best. Answer. Ever.
TH-cam works exponentially, and thrives on tons of content. It seems like a lot of channels tend to "blow up" very quickly too. It's all about exponential growth check back on 3 months.
What are your research methods?
+David Ramos Mostly read far and wide from books to blogs to articles. If anything peaks my interest, I'll do a basic google search + wikipedia. And from then on, I'll look at all the journal articles/google scholar
Bite Size Psych Ok thank you just wondering. I too enjoy educating myself and learning new things. It must beget to get an income out of it though! haha
+Dave Z It seems you may be pulling out more information from the title than is actually there. By "not trusting" advice they simply mean to be skeptical. As the video suggests, both should really be taken into consideration to get the whole picture. I agree with you that these are not mutually exclusive, and I don't think that the video is suggesting otherwise
+Bite Size Psych It's "piqued" my interest, not peaks. Learn to spell.
EweChewBrrr Please don't be a whiny bitch.
It's like Russian rulette: the winner tells you to play the game, because it made him successful, however you can't hear advice from the other players, because they're all dead.
quite ironic that the advertisement before this video for me was a Tai Lopez ad...
hahaha same here, was about to comment the same thing
Yeah, idc why people are so surprised. Pretty much every ad you've ever seen is based upon your browsing history / current content you're viewing. Damn cookies.
I was about to say that! I watched the whole ad it was hilarious in this context!
Here in my garage, just bought this new Lamborghini here
Hey y'all I feel like running an expirment today, I just need to get my usual 50,000 emails together...
They needed a study to learn relationships work better when you don't depend on the other for your happiness?
My favorite study conclusion is: "Cat videos make people happy." Just wow.
At the end, the 3rd guy got the silver! WTF?
LoL LOL Gold is for winners. Silver and Bronze are for losers. So, dont matter if you came second or third. You are a loser after all.
Maybe it went
Gold
Copper
Tin
Why do we care exactly?
I have mixed feelings about this video, while it is foolish to assume that people fully understand why they're successful it is also foolish to assume that you can't learn from their success.
Using the married couple example, a couple that survived 50 years will have known many couples that didn't survive. Their advice may be based on what they have observed from couples that failed as much as it is about their own success.
The video did not to say that you should never listen to successful people, but that you should be cautious when taking their advice Someone's habits/decisions/etc are not always indicative of their success or potential success. he was also saying to be mindful/aware when imitating or following someone's successful habits/path as it may not be helpful in your particular situation.
HappySqrl married couples has nothing to do with money though
I mistrust for a very different reason. The success of successful people comes (largely) on the backs of those who fail. They might well be trying to improve their own standing by getting people to follow bad advice.
That's what I think about 'success gurus'. Many of em just appear to be salesmen who are successful only because they are able to sell the idea that they are successful to others. It doesn't matter if their advice is bollocks, if they can appear happy and confident and say things like 'make your dreams come true' and 'every failure is a learning experience' then there is a group of people who will buy that.
I mean, it does make a lot of sense. We tend to focus our attention when it ones to advice of the successful... when the failure have a lot to tell as well. ask people who have failed in relationships for relationship advice, and, if they're the wise kind, I'm certain they will have a lot to say :)
You know what's my favorite kind of ad?
An ad for a book with advice from a successful guy
"first get 50 000 email addresses...."
If a PERSON, (not a scam company, just a regular person) can get their hands on 50,000 email addresses, they don't need a scam to make money.
I can do that with a simple batch script.
See? I don't even know what that is, but you're obviously smart enough to make a living without a scam! :)
mm... not exactly
Lacey Thiessen A batch script is basically hacking. I have litterally nothing to bring to the table except bankruptcy.
In the real world, hard work doesn't pay off.
Oh, now that I do NOT believe! I'm an entrepreneur and I can tell you that hard work DEFINITELY pays off...but you need to have persistence as well!!
Just like what Jack Ma (founder of AliBaba) said, the main reason why most people failed is not because they do not know how people succeed. But rather, they do not know why people fail.
Its "HAPPILY DIVORCED" not "bitterly divorced"
Exactly
This is a video for pretty naive people that think that if they do the things successful people did then they'll automatically be successful too... of course there is a part of luck and randomness in life but it's how you deal with these things that define your success or failures.
Picking up habits all successful people have will not guarantee success but will surely liken your chances!
Doctor Mc Eargasm 1947 I think part of the problem is that most successful people seem to be 100% convinced that they are entirely self made and that absolutely anyone could have the same level of success by just working hard enough ‘like they did’. Few successful people seem to even realise the luck, and even the ‘leg up’s’ that they’ve been given in life that another person may not ever have.
When that is the narrative we are hearing from the actual people who did what we want to do then a lot of people won’t consider that every person’s perspective is biased rather than 100% true. They will just think ‘if this person became successful through nothing but their own hard work then there is no reason why I can’t do exactly the same!’
It actually may not at all liken the chances either if these habits had no influence on their prior success. Once again, you need to hear from people who did the same thing and failed to get a better picture, you’re still biasing your data by only listening to successful people.
Well I'm sceptical of your advice!
What you did there... I see it.
Lol
The irony!
you savage
underrated comment
@Steven Moore yes you can, insider trading.....
This contradicts a video I just watched on TedX about this dude compiling years of analising advises from successful people.
I watched that. This video explains how that video is unreliable
+AJ Grant Amen
AJ Grant so was your opinion on this? I haven't watched it yet, you think this one is more true?
+Mark Jidon It's really your choice to believe whatever you want. There are similarities between successful people. I personally think this video is for a pessimistic person that doubts themselves and the good life.
Curtis McAllister thanks for commenting, been searching for this video and couldn't find it lol, now I can
Just before this video began, I got an ad from Tai Lopez, the biggest "success story" scammer of them all. Talk about irony.
That's why the best advice on happiness isn't "Top 10 ways happy people are different", but "Seven steps on how to be miserable"
why does the guy in third place have a silver trophy?
maybe its nickel
whitepiano23 i know i couldn't be the only one who saw that
Listening to the failure has the same bias as listening to the the successes. You come to the same type of false conclusions. It is looking at all data that avoids the bias.
That's exactly what they're saying. Look at the big picture.
What if the stock market stays the same?
FAIL
Josh Smith
You just broke the system my fellow dude!
Stocks never stay the same. Even if they change by 0.00000001 thats still something if you but 100s of it and its worth 100s
I bet you're fun at parties.
They never stay the same because there are so many variables in how a company does in terms of demographics, politics, competition, supply issues, natural disasters, employees etc. etc. There is so much going on that can change the stock price that it will never be constant.
Turns out it's better to take advice from people who have failed rather than asking someone who's successful.
when i played runescape there was this dude named noob6. this dude was fucking max and he helped me out with pretty much everything.
he quit runescape though ;(
Zezima for life
Clorox Bleach In final fantasy 14, I knew of a player who was my best online friend as well as my guild master she helped me out a lot online and, I went offline to save money. I really miss her.
How to get extremely rich and successful :
Luck.
Nah... ruthlessness.
In most cases, that is precisely correct. It's being at the right place at the right time.
Easy. Have rich and successful parents that would give you a high position in a company.
Muja Kina wrong the way to get rich is by talking advantage of the masses. wealthy people have one thing in common...they are willing to do anything...and i mean anything...look at george Soros.THERE IS NO LUCK INVOLVED ...SORRY TO BUST YOUR BUBBLE.
Nah, privilege. If you look at successful people you'll notice that they come from the right backgrounds (rich families) and belong to the right social group. Dishwasher to millionaire stories exist, but they are the exception, not the rule. To create a business you need capital. And of course you're going to be more successful if you aren't crippled by having to pay back loans.
Dude, i understand your point, but i do not accept it:
Firstable, at the first advice "take risk", what it really means is that it does not matter in what, you have to risk to gain, that does not imply to gamb everything or almost in a simple move, but you have to experimentate and take risks, those who get into bankruptcy is because they where not prudent enough, so thats why that contrast you explained is not valid, just think, more than the 90% of the world whealtiest people are entrepreneurs, and i assure you that every single bussiness entail ups and downs. Also, you said that we have to consider the ones that have fail and that is right, we have to see the whole panorama, but in the video you are just attributing the succes to the luck, not to the advices that successful people give, but you are not analyzing the fact that probably those bankrupt companies have not stick to those principles.
So that´s my point if you differ with it, i will prick up my ears :)
(Sorry for my bad english)
- Regards from Colombia.
Agree. I'm colombian too :)
*THIS IS VERY TRUE BECAUSE....*
I have failed more times in my life than I have succeeded & now that I am successful I can confidently say there is more than just experience, skill & natural talent, but a measure of timing & networking invloved in permanent success. In otherwords, being at the right place at the right time helps & its not always what you know but who you know.
Its not about what the successfull did right... its about what the failiours did wrong
try to learn from other peoples failures instead of your own. first there are more of them and second you have the ability to learn before you fail. also realize you will still fail sometimes so keep trying.
free advice is usually worth the price you paid for it but advice you paid for usually isn't.
You know what I like more than this video? NAWLIDGE!
after hundreds of videos they've all told me basically that there is no secret to success. you need to 1) work hard, 2) follow something you enjoy otherwise it would be irrational and unlikely that you would continue after numerous failures, 3) increase your value to the marketplace by either getting certification or going to school etc 4) don't be afraid to fail because humans learn by example and every failure brings you a step closer to success 5) have written down goals because the more concrete the idea you're going after, the easier it is to stay on target. 6) biggest thing I've learned is stop trying to do everything and just find what you're good at and double down on it. putting eggs into many different baskets will just make you mediocre at many things and won't help you 7) take calculated risks. the video says otherwise but I think they just mean to be cautious too and make educated decisions. but my best outcomes were with my taking risks like meeting my wife and studying engineering at university