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No you need to have a money making strategy. You can easily work hard on something that doesn't make you money.

@@Unmighty1 No, you actually don't. All you have to do is be in the right place at the right time, with just a little piece to add, to be connected with the person or people with not just a money making strategy, but who actually see the plan through AND everything goes right. It's a huge measure of luck and timing for things to line up properly with the skill set.

Malcom gladwell is a shill. The fact that you admitted listening to gladwell just shows you should never be taken seriously.

​@@Ganderbin a little harsh to a book recommendation, but yeah Malcolm Gladwell is a shill lol

Or you could critique the ideas/evidence in his book outliers. Have you read it? I know some people criticise other people without knowing their work.

He is Tony stark the character was based off him .

I think Elon’s case is particularly different. He made Billions not from software where luck is a prime factor but by building EVs and spaceships. I think in Elon’s case the luck is not as significant as with other entrepreneurs

@@da7me22 not only that. he created and operated multiple billion dollar companies. luck is doing it once...

@@da7me22The way you guys glaze Elon is absolutely insane do you get wet thinking about him?

@@dopemusic6414 there is no harm in stating facts

At the time Facebook was exclusive. Everybody wanted to get in the VIP section. FB was at the Ivy Leagues then moved to all colleges, then high schools and finally regions. I think that anticipation of being on FB got it to where it is today vs other apps/websites that were all inclusive weren’t put on a pedestal.

Long live Tom!

I know, right? Some will never know 😢

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Yeah it actually taught you how to build something.

Where dat shi now

Well it depends how much you delve down to it. I mean yeah you could say everyone is lucky to do whatever they do in life because they have the dna and upbringing to make themselves the person they are and do what they do.

Luck is a vital componet to success, but is often overlooked with the myth of meritocracy. Just being born into the right area code and having the opportunity to attend the right schools and form or having access to networks of capital is basically 50% or more of the battle. The other components is timing and product.

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Hundreds of thousands of people get lucky in the lottery. Yet the vast majority of these lucky people lose or waste all their money. Takes more than luck. Much more. You probably need to fit 10-12 other parameters before you even get the chance to be that lucky

@@giovalladares1022You really didn’t make a good point you kind of reenforced the luck parameter. What lottery winners do after is irrelevant the fact they won in the first place was pure luck hence the luck factor.

Yeah the only reason you are a loser is bad luck, right?

Lottery argument absolutely demolishes luck argument because those people couldn't hold onto that money for one generation while these billionaire families have now become progressively richer for hundreds of years in a row Luck is a small factor, or maybe not even a factor at all

@@goochipoochie So people simply born into those families aren’t lucky? 😂 ok. It’s the exact same thing as hitting the lottery except you didn’t even have to play you were simply popped out into generational wealth you never lifted a finger for.

Good point

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Well said 🙏🔥

You forgot money. Times are hard, plenty loose their business, shelter, transportation. That all takes a nest egg, a large nest egg to get through. Yes, you can work more, but PLENTY of people can't even get 1 job, let alone another.

No, not always. There are plenty of people who've effed up a lot and still remained wealthy.

@@lightforce4604Like I said. Because they have skill.

@@user-uo9cy2ep2hIf you keep trying you maximize your chances to eventually have good luck. Luck is not the main source of anything. I’d rather have skill than luck.

No 😂

Two things can be true at the same time. We can argue against heavy redistributionist tax systems that overly tax certain socioeconomic classes while still admitting the reality that many of those who are at the higher end of those classes arrived there due to forces beyond their control. You really don't even need to hyper focus on billionaires to reach the same conclusion Mark has. Unless you're willing to say that hard work carries a direct positive correlation with wealth, and that those who have the most amount of wealth in our society are by definition the hardest working, then you have to believe that luck at the very least plays a significant role. Does anyone seriously believe that the Kardashian sisters, with a collective net worth north of $2 billion, are harder working than every truck driver, police officer, and construction worker in this country, who don't even have a modicum amount of that money to their name? No, they're not. They were, however, lucky to have been born with their last name.

He's the exact opposite of that though. He's not a has not who's envious of others, but a rich man that's showing some humility. Humility is a virtue, is it not?

He isn't saying they are ONLY lucky, but that luck is a requirement...along with all the other attributes that contributed to their ultimate success.

@@taarg22209 yeah, its kind of a lame point. yeah everyones lucky. not everyones born in antarctica.