Except, this is not that simple…
“Talent Versus Luck: The Role of Randomness in Success and Failure” is the title of a paper by Alessandro Pluchino, Alessio Emanuele Biondo, and Andrea Rapisarda.
They conducted the study in 2018 and proved that luck plays a much bigger role in one’s success than self-help books typically claim.
These books and podcasts glorify hard work, yet we all know hardworking friends who haven’t achieved much.
And vice versa, some laid-backed slackers sometimes become billionaires.
If someone inherits wealth, attends a top university, makes the right connections, works hard, and builds a successful business, by the time they start giving interviews about their success, all they’ll remember is how hard they worked.
However, it doesn’t mean you can kick back and relax.
Success comes to those who maximize their chances of running into luck.
The hardworking guy grinding away at home on an algorithm for his startup isn’t going to meet an investor, a partner, an advisor, or a potential client there.
But someone without an algorithm—yet constantly showing up at events and hanging around the right people—boosts their odds of getting lucky.
You don’t need to be a workaholic—you need to be active and social.
Svyatoslav Biryulin
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