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Don’t shoot for the moon: aiming for ‘above average’ is key to success, maths suggests
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 29 May 2026
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I've been telling that for years and they call me insane or desperate or depressed or hopeless, etc.
There's no point to aim for the one off rare outcome, it's a statistical anomaly that it will happen. Aim for the average outcome, it's much more likely to happen.