Dangers of Entrepreneurship and Investor Advice
15 min
Cargo Cult Mentorship: Why the Advice of Successful People Makes You Poorer
During the war, the natives of Melanesia built airplanes out of straw, hoping that the gods would send cargo. Modern entrepreneurs do the same: they copy the morning routines of billionaires, buy courses from info-businessmen, attend business breakfasts. And they are genuinely surprised why their straw airplanes don't fly.