there are some people for whom it is mathematically impossible. it's fine to acknowledge that while "possible" for some, it's also "impossible" for others and to have the courage to say "actually, this advice won't work for everyone" - because there are important implications to that in your own worldview and advice. Once you do accept that fact, do you conclude... - "welp, sorry. luck is unevenly distributed - better for the rest of us to thrive and create better options for future people to have greater odds of landing on the right side of luck?" - "I refuse to allow that fact to continue going forward; here's what I'll do to change those people's current situations..." - etc. etc. some other conclusion - there are probably dozens of them Refusing to acknowledge that reality is cozy and allows you to delude yourself that you have an easy answer. and that the only reason someone would live otherwise is because they either don't know, are lazy, have bad habits, etc. Reality is not nearly as cozy (which I'm sure you'd agree isn't a surprise. reality has no responsibility to be warm and fuzzy)