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Originally Posted by JPhillips
I don't think you can achieve much without hard work, although you can be born into a life where minimal or no achievement still leaves you with a great deal of money. I also think luck plays a major role for most people that are high achievers. It doesn't diminish the work, but it does mean that success isn't simply about putting your nose to the grindstone. Admitting that luck played a large role in my life doesn't mean I don't bust my ass to maximize my opportunities.
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I agree with this, and hope my post didn't come off as counter to it.
The only thing I will add, some are born to circumstances where they can achieve higher without working as hard. For some, a "homerun" success will be much lower than others based solely on where they started.
Hard work is not a guarantee of success, but I've never known any successful people that weren't among the hardest working ones I know with the exception of those born into circumstance. So if you weren't born with it, and you want it. You have to work your azz of for it.