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 Originally Posted by Poopadoop
Obviously someone who has an internal focus and thinks they get what they deserve is going to try harder than someone who thinks it's all luck. So the former are, on average, going to be more successful than the latter.
That said, everyone is subject to variance whether they count its influence properly or not. Being aware of its impact doesn't mean you have to surrender yourself to it.
I think there are studies that show that when people succeed at a task they tend to take the credit for it (i.e., it's down to skill/hard work etc.) and when people (the same people mind you) fail they tend to blame bad luck or say 'it's rigged' or w/e. So it's hardly surprising successful people are going around saying 'all you have to do is work hard to succeed and the reason you failed is you didn't work hard enough) and unsuccessful people are saying the opposite.
I totally agree.
What do you think about when applying prescriptions? It can be true that "I'm the bestest" emerges from success and "Woe is me" emerges from failure, yet if we're dealing with prescriptions to "Woe is me," it might involve changing the outlook away from "Woe is me."
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