successful people are notoriously bad at disentangling various causes of their success properly, in favor of giving themselves more of the credit than warranted.
That’s not clear to me. It is common to hear successful people saying things along the lines of “I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for X, Y, and Z”. In particular, I’m thinking of Linus Torvalds, whom I remember denying most of the credit for creating Linux. I’m sure there are many other examples. Overall, it’s hard to tell weather successful people in general overestimate or underestimate how much credit they deserve.
That’s not clear to me. It is common to hear successful people saying things along the lines of “I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for X, Y, and Z”. In particular, I’m thinking of Linus Torvalds, whom I remember denying most of the credit for creating Linux. I’m sure there are many other examples. Overall, it’s hard to tell weather successful people in general overestimate or underestimate how much credit they deserve.