Survivorship bias is the major flaw in every business book and in all biographies of successful people. &quot;Look at the attributes that success stories have in common, and IGNORE them when present in unsuccessful stories.&quot; This leads to people and companies cargo-culting the behaviors of well-known rich people and businesses, expecting success. Go read _Good To Great_. Business schools across the world are enamored with this book, but it&#x27;s basically 300 pages of survivorship bias.<p>For every person you point to and say grit and perseverance made them successful, I&#x27;ll point to ten who failed despite grit and perseverance.