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The Counterintuitive Law That Separates Winners From “Almost Made Its”: Why 97% Quit Before Their Breakthrough

Jiadong Chen
3 min readFeb 1, 2025

You’ve read the success stories.
The overnight viral sensations.
The garage-to-IPO fairytales.

What they’re not showing you?
The 97 invisible failures that came first.

Noah Kagan’s Million Dollar Weekend reveals a brutal truth: Your obsession with results is killing your potential.

The solution? A deceptively simple strategy called The Law of 100 — a mental hack that rewires how humans achieve mastery.

The 100-Day Detox for Your Anxious Brain

(Why “Just Start” Advice Fails Smart People)

We’ve all been there:

  • You launch a YouTube channel → 3 videos → 87 views → “I’m not cut out for this”
  • You cold-pitch clients → 12 rejections → “Maybe my idea sucks”
  • You practice guitar → 2 weeks → Still fumbling chords → “I lack talent”

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Jiadong Chen
Jiadong Chen

Written by Jiadong Chen

Microsoft MVP, MCT | Azure Certified Solutions Architect & Cybersecurity Architect Expert | Member of .NET Foundation | Packt Author

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