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> Most wealthy and successful people I've met are intelligent, confident and likeable people. This is the wrong metric. Are most intelligent, confident and lik
by tabeth 9y ago
> Most wealthy and successful people I've met are intelligent, confident and likeable people.
This is the wrong metric. Are most intelligent, confident and likeable people wealthy?
- perl4ever 9y agoTo be at the far right of the distribution for any measure of achievement, you generally have to (a) start on "third base", (b) devote your life to learning and practicing from an early age, (c) have far more innate talent than most, (d) have the right personality, with irrational faith in yourself and drive, and (d) have far more luck than most people. I think it's pointless to argue about whether people deserve great success, because whatever attributes you consider "deserved" vs "not deserved", the most successful must have all of them - otherwise someone else would take their place.
- meri_dian 9y agoNo they are not. But that's not what the article is talking about. It's saying that the distribution of wealth is essentially random with respect to abilities and I'm saying that is not that case.