smuggycfa

You're always going to hear of some example where someone made it against all odds. This forum is good because it gives people a healthy does of reality from people who actually work in this industry and have seen a lot.

People are not beating you down for the sake of it, they're just telling you the realistic odds of success. What you do is up to you.

"Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness."

It's why people still play lottery even if the odds are 1 in 300 million