There are many reasons why people become rich. I'm not talking about the guy who saves his entire life and has a comfortable retirement. I'm talking about the v

There are many reasons why people become rich. I'm not talking about the guy who saves his entire life and has a comfortable retirement. I'm talking about the very rich. You have the folks who inherit wealth and there is a lot of that. But the folks who are self made, the guys and gals who went from zero to millions, 99% of it was being at the right place at the right time or knowing someone that helped them along. This applies to youtube stars all the way to successful entrepreneurs who somehow built a 100 million dollar business. Are there outliers, of course, but they are far and few between. So the point is hard work and determination is about 1% of the equation and luck is the other 99%. Like my brother likes to say, I would much rather be very lucky than very smart. Just saying......