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For most people, success comes from winning the parent lottery, or if not that, then birth nation lottery. I hate to say this, but the UFOA phenomenon sounds to
by nis0s 2y ago
For most people, success comes from winning the parent lottery, or if not that, then birth nation lottery. I hate to say this, but the UFOA phenomenon sounds to me like someone who got lucky, and rode someone else’s prior success. Very few people are the real deal, and they’re literally carrying everything built in this world on their efforts.
- creer 2y agoEven if the main factors are things like your parents, your environment, your teachers, your heroes, your mentors, etc - it's still worth studying the things the parents, the school administrators, the teachers, - and yourself - can change. There are major factors on which not much can be done but "eh what are you gonna do" is not helpful.
- 8note 2y agoyour parents remain major factors in your environment, teachers, mentors, etc. the internet has made that gap much smaller, where you can find your own mentors and teachers from faraway lands
- creer 2y agoyeah, you can also find much more easily examples to follow or to get inspiration form. They don't have to be press celebrities anymore, or book authors or characters. And internet has made figuring out what's possible much easier - so much more is possible than it seemed before.