1000% this. My experience, being close with some very high achievers in my life - some being CEOs, some being average Joe's at 9-5s - is that what determines su

1000% this. My experience, being close with some very high achievers in my life - some being CEOs, some being average Joe's at 9-5s - is that what determines success is not really the individual. This idea of the lone Atlas to raise the world on shoulders is false. Innovation and genius happens when the environment is fertile and you have many great people working together to stand upon each other's shoulders. Of course, being outstanding is a prerequisite. But the highway to greatness requires more than that.