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Do you have any examples of such people ? Either from your peer group or other well known people ? Just genuinely curious.
by thewarrior 10y ago
Do you have any examples of such people ?
Either from your peer group or other well known people ?
Just genuinely curious.
- chongli 10y agoThe problem with identifying such people is that we can usually point to some tangible cause of failure. I think it's more useful to analyze the traits common to most successful people: * Not being born into extreme poverty * Having a basic education (not many successful illiterate people) * Having access to at least one strong connection * Having "true grit", whatever that means * Discovering an available niche
- manyxcxi 10y agoI agree with the premise that not being born into extreme poverty and having a strong connection within the activity/field that successful people are in are important. To me it just seems like if you don't have to worry about how you are going to survive at a basic level, it allows one the freedom to to explore higher order activities. The article doesn't seem to do the author as much of a favor as the Freakonomics podcast she was just on, she seems to be describing that there is not necessarily true grit, that it has a lot to do with a person's relationship to the activity on many levels.