Success stories are not guides.

Do you know how successful people — especially those who like to be interviewed on podcasts —tend to have a coherent story about their success?

It usually goes like this. They were young and ambitious. Then Something happened, and they Knew. That was the Turning Point, after which they “never looked back.” Decades since, we see them as they are today. They are radiating success, confidence, and wisdom. They come on podcasts, and we are eager to learn from them.

But the more we listen to such stories, the more we get lost into this rabbit hole of…