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Originally Posted by Luwalira I wouldn't say that luck is the largest factor that determines how much wealth one will generate. My moto in live is: Live is what you make. With that I mean that inorder to want become successful you need dedication and motivation. Some people look at at MTV cribs and similar Tv-shows and say "Ohhhh these guys are to damn lucky to live in such mansions and own 4 fours." but do people think about what athletes and singers have gone through to get where they are? No.
Many of these celebs have done allot of sacrifises in life such as dropping out of school and having their parents sell their houses so that they could afford paying for professional training. Offcource luck and is factor but most of the time it does take hard work to become successful. Eventhough people like Paris Hilton are lucky to be born in a wealthy family there is still someone in the past who has worked their ass off to build the Hilton empire. |
You are absolutely right. Very rarely does one achieve anything without hard work and the appropriate education in what one does.
I guess I just emphasized luck exclusively in my previous comment and that naturally leaves a lot to be desired.
The point I was trying to make was that with equal effort and achievements in education, and working from 5am to 2:30am the next morning, like I do sometimes, and also other people working with me, one does not necessarily ever get compensated as one would expect to, for slaving away for years and decades. Whereas someone else doing the same job in different circumstances will get compensated royally. My previous example of a regular job vs. consulting in IT work was an attempt to hilite that. Even the geographic location may have an impact. For example, my step-son is an OB-GYN. He had his first practice in PA and he had no trouble building a $300,000 house with cash (not to mention buying other properties as well). Now practicing in NC, in a remote village up in the mountains, the available cash now is approximately one tenth of what it was in PA. He is still doing the same job, that includes delivering babies all hours of the night. So nothing has really changed regarding the kind of work and the hours put in. But the income level is dramatically different.