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Hmm ... maybe not. This is more or less similar to people like Musk, Jobs dreaming of doing something which might look like impossible for others (like starting a rocket company). In those cases, the central belief of people like Musk, Jobs is the prime reason for things happening, and the belief itself might be a limiting factor for other similar capable people in achieving what these guys have achieved.

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There are probably millions of people who had just as strong belief as musk, or jobs and failed. You just don't hear about them.

Belief is by no means a sufficient condition, though. You either need money, or people willing to give you money. The latter of which generally requires education and connections, or more luck than most people have.

Belief spurns action. Otherwise we are just relying on luck for money to end up in our hands. At least, that is the way I'm interpreting the above point. We can use both conviction and day-dreaming as a substitute of belief. I think former is what he means in the article. The latter just leads to more and more delusion.

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