You’re only comparing yourself to the survivors

We have survivorship bias because we see the survivors. They won and are winning and that’s what we see. Unfortunately, it’s also what we compare ourselves to.

The point we miss is that we have climbed over many who have tried and failed, but we’ve made it this far. If we stopped comparing ourselves to the survivors and big winners, we’d be doing even better.

Never forget that the sample size against which you’re comparing yourself is bad data. You only see the winners, so don’t beat yourself up as much and keep pounding.