why you should visit cemeteries

Vocabulary:

    cemetery

    survivorship bias

    graveyard

    burial ground

    triumph

    overestimate

    outsider

    succumb : yield/give in

    illusion

    minuscule :  (n)small letter (adj) very small

    manuscript 

    entrepreneur

    TV presenter

    beauty queen

    elude  : escape

    start-up

    scenario

    make off

    go bankrupt

    distort :  twist

    Dow Jones Industrial Index

    out-and-out :  absolute/ complete

    venture

    press

    proportionate(ly) : suitable/ adequate/ appropriate/ relative

    sceptical

    pernicious : harmful / deadly / evil 

    stem 

    stem from : originate in / spring from 

    pure coincidence

    tenant 

    trait : quality / identity / distinction

    expectancy : hope

The Last paragraph：

    Survivorship bias means this：people systematically overestimate their chances of success. Guard against it by frequently visiting the graves of once-promising projects,investments and careers. It is a sad walk, but one that shold clear your mind.

读所感：

    不管咱们打算要作什么事情，失败或者成功都是不可避免的，并且一般与咱们想象的结果会有很大的误差。

所以，考虑到这一点，失败的时候咱们不会过于失落，成功的时候也不会盲目的高估本身。

理解的比较浅显，欢迎交流。