Stop superstitiously believing in the "success secrets" of those big shots; most of it is just post-hoc arrogance.

Jack Ma tells you that his success is because of persistence, but he doesn't tell you that the other 999 people who persisted even harder and longer than him had already died in the cold winter before anyone noticed.

This is called survivor bias. Only those who survive have the right to speak; the dead cannot speak.

Success, frankly, is: three parts ability, six parts luck, and one part ancestral grave smoke.

But "luck" can't be taught or sold. So they can only package that insignificant "effort" into a golden rule, making you buy books, courses, and ultimately, psychological comfort.

The most tragic illusion for ordinary people is to think that copying others' actions can replicate their fate.

Acknowledging the existence of luck is not about lying flat. It's about understanding that the true winners are not the ones with the best gambling skills, but those who have enough chips and can keep betting at the table.

What you need to do is not just listen to stories, but keep experimenting and increasing that one in ten thousand chance of colliding with luck.