Survivor Bias in Success Stories

Why do successful people always say: 'Just work harder'? Simple answer: they survived.

Failed people? You never hear from them. This is survivor bias.

We only see winners. We ignore the losers. It's like asking lottery winners how to get rich—ignoring

millions who lost money. World War II pilots: engineers analyzed bullet holes on

returning planes. More holes on wings? They added armor there. Smart,

right? Wrong. Planes shot in the fuselage never came back.

You only saw the survivors. The data you see is incomplete. Success stories

are loud. Failures are silent. That's the bias. So next time someone tells you their