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I do have a contradictory view :) While a lot of becoming rich may be "chance and randomness" like you say, there are certainly patterns and other statistical
by dkokelley 18y ago
I do have a contradictory view :)
While a lot of becoming rich may be "chance and randomness" like you say, there are certainly patterns and other statistical data that shows different mindsets, beliefs, and character traits between the super-wealthy and the rest of us. You could increase your chances of becoming rich by inheriting certain traits of those who are already wealthy (and became so on their own. No inheritances or royalty here).
I would argue that becoming wealthy is less chance and more personal character traits, while the degree of wealth is mostly due to chance.
There can be only 1 Bill Gates, but for every one of him, there are thousands others who are successful, but on a much smaller scale. That's my view. :P
- azharcs 18y agoIsn't it more common-sense, i mean we already imitate or inherit most of the qualities of our idols. A guy who has Steve Jobs as an idol, surely likes design and thinks more of himself as an artist. I can give you an example of MBA's, they pretty much learn Business( which means they know more than other people about Business), but as i see they are no more successful than people who have no MBA's. MBA's go through tons of case-studies yet they are not able to start successful companies. What i mean to say is, sometimes our Uniqueness is what is more important for our success, when we read the famous books, it makes us similar to other successful people which might be an disadvantage rather than advantage because successful people when they became successful, it was because they and their business were different from other successful people. To be really successful, we have to be different rather than same, we have to stand out from the crowd. Everyone is Unique, only if we live up to that Uniqueness.