What's more crucial to success: Hard work or luck

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Depends on how u define success. If it’s defined primarily by wealth for u then sorry to tell you
Georgetown Study: Wealth, Not Ability, The Biggest Predictor Of Future Success

“A big part of the so-called American Dream promises that if people work hard enough -- no matter how poor they are -- they’ll find success. It turns out that's not completely true, according to a new report by Georgetown University, which shows that wealth is stronger indicator of success than intelligence.“

But short of being a millionaire living a hedonistic lifestyle, hard work will take you very far in terms of living a satisfying, great life.
 

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it's a combination of both.
hard work because you still have to do some shyt to become extremely successful.
luck because you have to the right combination of intelligence, oppurtunity, and timing to get to the other half.
amazon = jeff Bezos making the amazon website + being a former wall street investor to get capital + 100,000 loan from parents + being part of the dot com revolution
 

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Luck. Plenty of people work hard everyday and still have little to show for it. You gotta work hard & know the right people and be in the right situation to make it big. :yeshrug:
 
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Luck

You could also sacrifice your dignity to move up in the world, I see people do that a lot
 

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Luck in a sense but it can be amplified with hard work.

Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos had the luck of being the first in their respective markets but they did indeed work hard to be able to take advantage of thier opportunity.
 

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So over 70 percent of new businesses failing within the first 2 years is due to not working hard or smart

Those who lost their fortune and in other cases homes in the 2007 financial crisis is due to laziness

Those who grew up poor and had no access to quality education which affected their employment opportunity in the future and are knee deep in debt and bad credit score by the time they are adult is due to laziness

Those who are not earning enough money and have no capital to start any business ventures because banks won't grant them loans and are literally not exposed to any real opportunity to succeed in life are just lazy?
Growing up poor or being barred from business loans is obviously the luck factor.

But New businesses failing? That's street smarts. Know the market, improve your business savvy, have an eye for marketing, learn how to sell, what location to sell, etc.

I'm not trying to be one of those snobby Republicans that think everything is simple.

But I do get jaded how many young people go too far the other and act like ANY success is 100% pure luck. It's very demotivating
 
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