The post is not about WoW. It is about his take-away from the game which applies to everything in daily life and for bigger things.

The list is terrific advice and preaching it through the example of a game is smart thing as one is hooked on to the reading part. Seems like most people just had a negative feel for the whole thing as they detest WoW as a waste of time. In the process they missed the gem of advice.