>One issue I have with posts like this, however awesome/uplifting/well-intentioned they may be, is that they attempt to generalize mostly anecdotal evidence to general advice.
That's the reader's job. It's they that can and should make appropriate generalizations from the multiple stories they read and listen to.
The posters job is to post their anecdotal evidence as true to what happened as they can, including giving any insights of what worked for them.
As businessmen we don't operate with perfectly accurate and complete data, detailed scientific models for every action and perfect confidence (those don't exist in business anyway).
What good businessmen do is make sense out of the chaos of empirical information, which includes both their experience and anecdotes, and use it AS IT applies and IF IT applies to their particular market and special circumstances.
That's the reader's job. It's they that can and should make appropriate generalizations from the multiple stories they read and listen to.
The posters job is to post their anecdotal evidence as true to what happened as they can, including giving any insights of what worked for them.
As businessmen we don't operate with perfectly accurate and complete data, detailed scientific models for every action and perfect confidence (those don't exist in business anyway).
What good businessmen do is make sense out of the chaos of empirical information, which includes both their experience and anecdotes, and use it AS IT applies and IF IT applies to their particular market and special circumstances.