Let's face it - how intelligent you are, what if anything you're gifted at, how tenatious you are, where you were born, who your parents are, who you know, what

Let's face it - how intelligent you are, what if anything you're gifted at, how tenatious you are, where you were born, who your parents are, who you know, what opportunities life presents you, what you enjoy doing, how much you are driven to win... ALL of these things are out of your control. The real falacy is that rich and successful people think they somehow "deserve" their status and that other people just didn't try hard enough. The reality is that life is a random shitshow and the rich / successful have been extremely lucky.