Seeing a lot of survivorship bias advice from artists in the NFT space like, if you want to succeed just:

- make art you love
- price your work like _
- stick to your own style

For every successful artist giving this advice there’s a thousand who did the same and didn’t succeed

I’m not saying don’t give advice, or don’t seek advice. But understand that luck, timing, circumstance, being seen by the right people, are huge influencing factors out of your control. It can borderline on insulting to ignore this and act like a guru once you’ve made it

I’ve seen this for _years_ in the tech and startup space. Every founder I’ve seen who has gone from a small scrappy startup and made it, has then turned around and blasted out Tony Robbins style advice as if they know the secret, and you too can do it if you listen to them.

A lot of this is people looking back at their lives and rationalizing why they deserve the success theyve had, how it’s a direct result of their actions. Success is not fully within our control, it’s possible to work hard and not make mistakes and still not make it. Life is chaos

The last thing I'll say is, if you want to help someone succeed, _create_ some luck by:

Introducing them to people you know
Buy their art.
Tell someone you respect that this other person is amazing.
Advocate for them.
Take direct action, connect them other like minded people.