As an avid poker player I think that the game reasonably approximates luck's role in life. There will be many situations where you will lose despite having done

As an avid poker player I think that the game reasonably approximates luck's role in life. There will be many situations where you will lose despite having done everything right and you will see other people win despite having done everything wrong. Both of these situations generally cause people to complain about injustice in the world, make illogical damaging decisions in desperation (go on tilt), or give up. Which of course causes them to lose any chance of success. The path to success is to make the correct decisions over and over again even if you fail the first 5 or 10 times. Of course if your definition of success is to be a billionaire you will likely never succeed but if it's to accumulate a reasonable amount of wealth or to achieve some measure of success in your field then it isn't as impossible as everyone is telling you.