Success in life is mostly a function of starting conditions, i.e. where you're born and how rich your parents are. I know he mentions the US, but please let's not discount the billions of people around the globe who will never amount to anything no matter how hard they work. I was lucky enough to leave Greece soon after it was destroyed by the Economic Crisis, but not everyone was.
A lot of it comes down to luck too. Let's not idolise the people who got successful and keep repeating the same points over and over again of "work hard" and "networking", we've heard this before so many times. What about the people who worked hard and networked and still failed? I'd rather listen to them.
Finally, some people become great musicians, great inspirational mothers, absolutely incredible teachers, yet they get paid pennies. If I had to name successful people I've met in my life I would certainly put at the top my teachers in school who slogged through so much BS to deliver the best teaching to the children. People with lots of money are very down my list.
Because working hard is not a guarantee to a successful material life.
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Success in life is mostly a function of starting conditions, i.e. where you're born and how rich your parents are. I know he mentions the US, but please let's not discount the billions of people around the globe who will never amount to anything no matter how hard they work. I was lucky enough to leave Greece soon after it was destroyed by the Economic Crisis, but not everyone was.
A lot of it comes down to luck too. Let's not idolise the people who got successful and keep repeating the same points over and over again of "work hard" and "networking", we've heard this before so many times. What about the people who worked hard and networked and still failed? I'd rather listen to them.
Finally, some people become great musicians, great inspirational mothers, absolutely incredible teachers, yet they get paid pennies. If I had to name successful people I've met in my life I would certainly put at the top my teachers in school who slogged through so much BS to deliver the best teaching to the children. People with lots of money are very down my list.