There are a set of these “false beliefs” people can hold that are clearly untrue but are beneficial to them in other ways. This one about “hard work leads to success” is a very powerful one. Lean the hell into it if you ever come across an opportunity to!

Is it really false? You can go on about survivorship bias but in the end a prerequisite is necessary for opportunity/chance

Can't win the lottery if you never buy any tickets

> Is it really false?

Even your own analogy for it is buying a lottery ticket.

Does buying a lottery ticket "lead to success"? Only if your picture of what that looks like focuses on only the winners.

in reality no, for the sake of the analogy, yes

The video of the assassination of the UHC executive revealed to one viewer that the assassin had practiced thoroughly, because when the gun jammed the assassin recovered deftly.

I wonder how a would-be striker could do this work while factoring in the goalie behavior.