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"Our simulation clearly shows that such a factor is just pure luck," say the researchers. Yes, but remember, Fortune favors the prepared. I was very lucky man
by credit_guy 5y ago
"Our simulation clearly shows that such a factor is just pure luck," say the researchers.
Yes, but remember, Fortune favors the prepared.
I was very lucky many times in my life, but I didn’t follow that with work and grit. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos did. So they are where they are, and I am where I am.
- fuzzer37 5y ago> Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos did Elon Musk was born into an already wealthy family and failed his way upward. Jeff Bezo's wife was already a millionaire when he started Amazon Neither of them had "hard work" or "grit", despite the whitewashing both of them have done of their rags-to-riches story. They are where they are because of generational wealth and familial connections.
- exolymph 5y agoThere are a million and one rich kids with generational wealth and familial connections. Yet not all of them turn into Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos. Luck is assuredly a big component of success, always, but saying things like Musk "failed his way upward"... lol no
- TuringTest 5y agoDid you have a wealthy family and good connections, as they did? They started the race way ahead of most of us, with most of their required sequence of lucky breaks already behind them. > Fortune favors the prepared. A thing shown by the study is rather that fortune flees from the lazy one. Above a certain threshold of talent (defined in a way that includes effort and know-how), more talent does not imply better results.