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Survivorship Bias in Personal Development, Careers, and Startups: Why Most Success Stories Lie
- September 15, 2026
- career advice
- cognitive bias
- entrepreneurship
- leadership
- mentorship
- personal development industry
- personal development industry bias
- role models
- self-awareness
- self-improvement myths
- startup failure
- strengths and weaknesses
- strengths and weaknesses assessment
- success path assessment
- success stories cognitive bias
- survivorship bias
- survivorship bias entrepreneurship
- survivorship bias role models
- survivorship bias startups
- why role modeling fails
Daniel found the book in a bargain bin outside a secondhand bookstore, its spine cracked from someone else’s obsessive re-reading. It was the autobiography of a real estate investor who’d turned eleven thousand dollars into an eight-figure portfolio in under a decade. Daniel read it twice in one week. The formula seemed almost insultingly simple. […]
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