The dangers of copying successful people - BBC REEL

We love successful people. We idolise them. But trying to copy them can be dangerous and doesn't guarantee your own success, due to a little thing called survivorship bias.
Video by Brendan Miller
#bbcreel #bbc #bbcnews

[@khyatichouksey8927]

Very well made and explained!
But man, that 7*7=48 physically hurt

[@conscientiousobjector5988]

😱

[@raselrays8511]

I was thinking that luck has nothing to do with success...but now I have realized that I was wrong onlyyyy

[@0HARE]

I’ve often heard that you really don’t want to meet your heroes, that you’ll be very disappointed.
Successful people often have a drive to succeed that supersedes anything else, like interpersonal relationships.
Best to admire their accomplishments from afar, and plot your own course.

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."
-- Herman Melville

[@abuferasabdullah]

Well said 👍🏼

[@idontcare7963]

Success is one time formula, you cannot create it but only achieve it.

[@omidanesh]

7 * 7 = 49 how could you make such mistake !!!!

[@entertainmentprime101]

It was sarcastic it is not 48 is the point

[@CosmicApe]

That's the point. The guy the won the lottery was lucky and is logic didn't even make any sense at all.

[@jtillmon]

Success= luck + prep

[@wenjunzhou1634]

maybe = not washing hands after pee..

[@newhorizonsforfifty2833]

Seems to me that this explains nostalgia on a couple levels, from the cars and objects we love to people who always want to talk about how their generation was the best generation. Do I have that right?

[@jacobzaranyika9334]

As opposed to worshipping lying celebrities.
Critical thinking again is the key.
You have to get your information and your history from somewhere.
Isn't most of World trying to copy Jesus?

[@solideomusical]

So many books written about 'How I made millions' though.

[@realcyrusjohn]

They inspired us but ourself is the one who will chase luck .

[@rodenderon]

The narrator mumbles.

[@gj55223]

Don’t the BBC have access to people who can speak clearly? I’m a native speaker and I can barely understand him sometimes.

[@user-lv1qp2xc6e]

oh i thought it's because i am not a native english speaker but when even a native can't hear clearly.....

[@TheIndogamer]

Huh wierd. English is my second language yet he speaks clearly. Just a little soft

[@RaptorBot]

its actually the music

[@kokab]

It is too fast

[@realnapster1522]

His voice is muted and music makes it worse

[@weilinting6340]

7 x 7 is 49

[@mr-black-sheep]

In spain its 48... Hahaha

[@entertainmentprime101]

😂WTF

[@entertainmentprime101]

It was sarcastic

[@hanstun1]

Yes, everyone knows that 7x7 is 49. That it is not 48 is the point of the story.

[@philosoftfurkitusjunkyard2462]

You forget to mention that most of these people have bigger brains than people in general

[@S2Tubes]

At the very least, they're people capable of completing a degree. There are many people that drop out, or don't find a job, or don't work in a field related to their degree. All they got out of college was debt, and time lost.

[@realnapster1522]

No. They had a passion project which made them so obsessed that they dropped out. They didn’t drop out for nothing. That point is lost.

[@shubhamtalks9718]

Same content in Veritasium video

[@randomdice8425]

Yeah... true. Successful people usually forgets to acknowledge the system that enabled them to succeed.

[@hodatarek7379]

I hate the music in the background,. So distracting!

[@sujatharamakrishnan]

7*7=49

[@Troy-ol5fk]

7x7=48 😂

[@peepa47]

In other words - stay sheep we like it

[@tarjei99]

The point about Steve Jobs was his understanding, not his temper.
You failed in understanding this.

[@mad_max21]

I understand you're a butthurt Apple fan.

[@abuferasabdullah]

Raise ur voice next time 👎🏻👎🏻

[@samflynn6794]

FIRST

[@edwardtait4285]

Infumable.