/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>51053427
In a word: opportunity. They have been given the opportunity to succeed better than others; be it education, wealthy connections, nepotism, being in the right place at the right time.
Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers is a good read on this topic regarding Bill Gates. Gates was on the absolute cutting edge of access to computer technology from his youth when he was living in a home within walking distance of the most modern supercomputers invented yet.
You can be the world's most intelligent man but not be wealthy. Chris Langan, also in Outliers, is an example of that. He's just a rancher in the middle of nowhere right now

>>51065763
>you'll never win the lotto if you never play
That is literally the exact adage that gamblers tell themselves to cope with their poor decision-making skills. Terrible advice