Most of the wealthy people I know are not lucky, but the opposite: They were bullied, sexually or physically abused, had their parents die as kids...
People like Elon Musk for example had lots of problems as a kid, he was bullied a lot.
Steve Jobs also had a lot of problems and as a person he was very difficult to manage.
Steve Blank had lots of problems in his childhood too.
I personally know well one of the richest persons in the planet, because of a common hobby. I am not that rich, I don't envy this person and what he went through.Life becomes so easy after that, even in hard times.
It is fairly common, it looks like if you survive such strong experiences it can benefit or punish the rest of your life. Some will go to the streets , others will rule companies.
In particular, I believe it has a lot to do with your attitudes toward risk. And of course luck, but most of these people can help but keep trying.
If you try 10 times and fail most people just leave. But if you continue and success in the 12th, it is no luck. In fact if you never succeed your behavior will be called and obsessive compulsive and pathologic.
How many times Elon Musk tried to launch and then land a rocket?, the personal risk that he took was astronomical, most normal people will leave soon under the same circumstances.
I have seen people doing that, succeeding only at the end, for example when normal people did it in search for gold it was called the "gold fever", because people kept trying and trying, even with failure after failure.
Of course when you succeed everybody knew you were the man(the same people that criticized you when you failed), everybody wants to be your friend, and politicians want the money you have(and want to raise your taxes with excuses like how lucky you are or not being fair).
"But if you continue and success in the 12th, it is no luck. In fact if you never succeed your behavior will be called and obsessive compulsive and pathologic."
You say that if you eventually succeed after many failures, it's not luck. But then you also acknowledge all of the people who never succeed despite their dogged persistence. How do you reconcile those two statements?
Sorry, but those entrepreneurs attended most prestigious universities in the world at the time. That alone is way up on the top percentile of luck. Those are expensive and exclusive.
Dig deeper and you will find layers upon layers of luck.
> Most of the wealthy people I know are not lucky, but the opposite: They were bullied, sexually or physically abused, had their parents die as kids...
For every one kid in this situation that turns out to be wealthy, I'm sure you could find many more that turn out to be criminals, addicts, etc.
So what is the difference between the kids that end up rich and the kids that end up poor? Wouldn't you call that luck?
People like Elon Musk for example had lots of problems as a kid, he was bullied a lot.
Steve Jobs also had a lot of problems and as a person he was very difficult to manage.
Steve Blank had lots of problems in his childhood too.
I personally know well one of the richest persons in the planet, because of a common hobby. I am not that rich, I don't envy this person and what he went through.Life becomes so easy after that, even in hard times.
It is fairly common, it looks like if you survive such strong experiences it can benefit or punish the rest of your life. Some will go to the streets , others will rule companies.
In particular, I believe it has a lot to do with your attitudes toward risk. And of course luck, but most of these people can help but keep trying.
If you try 10 times and fail most people just leave. But if you continue and success in the 12th, it is no luck. In fact if you never succeed your behavior will be called and obsessive compulsive and pathologic.
How many times Elon Musk tried to launch and then land a rocket?, the personal risk that he took was astronomical, most normal people will leave soon under the same circumstances.
I have seen people doing that, succeeding only at the end, for example when normal people did it in search for gold it was called the "gold fever", because people kept trying and trying, even with failure after failure.
Of course when you succeed everybody knew you were the man(the same people that criticized you when you failed), everybody wants to be your friend, and politicians want the money you have(and want to raise your taxes with excuses like how lucky you are or not being fair).