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“Confidence is the key to success” claim wealthy, attractive people (www.thebeaverton.com)
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[-] dwindling7373@feddit.it 27 points 7 months ago

Jokes aside, I think there's a subtle cause and effect mixup.

If you "have it easy" you develop confidence, and that both emerges thanks to privilege but also is an actual advantage granted by privilege.

You do find more success if you don't hesitate too much, but you will always hesitate more if you have no safety net.

[-] treesapx@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

It's the fallacy of "I made all my own success." I hear this all the time from well-off people who come from well-off families. They very well may have created everything they have, but they are also completely ignorant of the opportunities created for them simply by being raised in a well-off family. There is zero concept of choosing between dental health or eating, car repair or heating, etc.

[-] moonbunny@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I think what also falls on deaf ears is that even if those people don’t “make their own success” that they’d like to loudly proclaim, chances are that there are near-guaranteed positions that they can fall back into or family and friends they can go live with while they plot for their next endeavour.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

Lack of confidence is a barrier to success.

Most of the 'keys to success' are really about things that are a barrier if you don't have them.

[-] 0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 7 months ago

there's five hundred doors and they're all locked and if you're missing one key you're fucked. confidence is one of those keys. being the child of a billionaire is another one.

[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

I mean, Elizabeth Holmes is kind of proof that this is true. She's not the only one either.

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

She's successfully serving an 11 year term in a Fed Pen in Bryant, Texas...

[-] Kit 6 points 7 months ago

Strategic job hopping is the key to success.

[-] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 7 months ago

If we embrace survival bias, then yes. From my perspective, late stage capitalism is increasingly like a game of musical chairs where opportunities for success are steadily decreasing year after year.

[-] m3t00@midwest.social 6 points 7 months ago

it's also the con in con-man

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