People who suffer a setback early in their career go on, on average, to be more successful later in their profession, a study suggests. Those setback early on were also around 6 per cent more likely to publish a hit paper — based on the number of citations — than their initially successful colleagues. Scroll down for videoPeople who suffer a setback early in their career go on, on average, to be more successful later in their profession, a study suggestsWHAT IS THE MATTHEW PRINCIPLE? The Matthew Principle suggests that success begets more success while failure leads to more failure. However, a new study from Northwestern University in Illinois suggests that people who suffer early career setbacks can ultimately go on to be more successful in the long run.

Source: Daily Mail October 01, 2019 14:50 UTC