Nicolas Nassim Taleb had a few things to say about that. It depends on the environment you choose to compete. In most of them, luck is non-essential. It helps t

Nicolas Nassim Taleb had a few things to say about that. It depends on the environment you choose to compete. In most of them, luck is non-essential. It helps to have it, but that's it. In some though, notably including many kinds of startups, luck is unfortunately necessary.