The Art of Giving Up :: Interesting article if you read it fully
The world is obsessed with stories of success. There is a well-known concept in the management literature called “the survivor bias,” which refers to the erroneous conclusions that researchers draw from focusing excessively on successful organizations and people. Pick up any magazine, and you will see the survivor bias in action: the stories are almost always about the successful; very few stories focus on the failures.
Read more at – http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sapient-nature/201104/the-art-giving