There are many ways to get through life. Some of these involve taking meticulous steps at arriving at an intended goal, some involve planning and most of the time it takes work. Really hard work executing. For some people, it is just pure luck. Sadly for the overachievers. Luck is at play at least half of the time, or at least that is my hypothesis.
In order to show that most of the time success or greatness is a matter of luck I will have to do some really good and sound research, but until then I will summon my inner pundit and pull stats out of my ass.
Lucky source one. Family. Since we do not choose who we are born to, it is easy to claim that this one is the first. If you are lucky and born rich you already have the resources that give you the edge.
Lucky source two. Networks. Sometimes just the people you meet along the road of like enhance your chances of becoming great. Great networks are like family. So all of the family rules apply.
Lucky source three. Friends. Well friends are like networks and friends can introduce you to networks. So there about the same.
Lucky source four. Hardship. It is widely accepted that necessity is the mother of innovation. Many times when shit happens to us we promise ourselves that we will be awesome. Guess what awesome people make awesome friends. And so two and three apply.
Of course there is always hard work. And sure we can all dream. But many times success is driven by luck. Or the sources of luck described above.
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