Same thing with survivorship bias. Sure everyone successful has unique experiences that he|p lead to success - but its all about taxis of meaning. You're in a swampy space trying to move to a goal, some places are more swampy blocking you from reaching your goal. You either swim through or swim around. If you maneuver well enough, changing your local goals as you face different obsticles, you will continually get closer to maximal meaning. Key point, maximal meaning is not a place, but a long term direction, but locally you imagine it as a place.