Survivorship Bias: Gooroo Edition

Yes, there is ALWAYS room for improvement.

But we gotta poke a hole (or twelve) in that argument, because it’s leaving a LOT on the table.

And without some important caveats, it’s actually a logical fallacy that sets well-meaning people up to get wrekd.

Here’s why:

Just because one person grinded and “made it” doesn’t AUTOMATICALLY mean everyone else is “just making excuses.”

That’s called survivorship bias, which is living in la-la land pretending the ONLY variable that matters is “hustle,” while literally ignoring the 100+ other factors in play:

All of that completely disappears when we swallow the gooroo-ism that says:

“I did it, therefore you can too… IF you wire me $5k.”

In the High-Ticket Casino, this is THE go to Ace-up-the-sleeve:

Cherry-pick the winners, hand them a mic, and quietly bury the other 98 people who did just as much work and still got smoked.

Everyone’s journey looks a little different.

Everyone’s struggle is real.

But what’s NOT real is the lazy, looney-toon conclusion that “if you’re not winning yet, you’re just not committed enough.”

So the next time someone uses their personal comeback story as proof that hustling harder (or buying their program) is the golden ticket out…

remember: one person’s highlight reel is NOT universal law.

Protect your pocketbook (and sanity) from any story that leaves half the equation off the table.

Speaking of hustle:

Stay humble. Hustle hard.

And don’t let the Casino guilt-trip you into swiping your card.