Success
There are many books that are inspired by Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers (The Talent Code is a good one) and it’s easy to see why. Almost immediately after reading it I came to this conclusion; being super successful isn’t decided by a single factor, rather EVERYTHING gets taken into consideration.
Whatever the field, be it multi-billionaires or super athletes or winners of the Nobel Prize, every super successful person was given every advantage possible AND pushed themselves hard and far.
This may seem against the grain because opinions (On success) are normally one way or the other (Either Hard work or Luck).
The best example I can think of would be Bill Gates, his success was brought by incredible luck (Down to being born at the right time), but that luck would have been useless had he not spent his time at college programming 16 hours a day (Read Outliers for more info).
My interpretation is that if you have the opportunity DO NOT MISS IT. But also working super hard towards something is a long shot.
Now this realisation is a little depressing to me as I used to think you could always make a name for yourself by working hard enough but.. it is reassuring that in 30 years time we will all be replaced by robots anyway.
Strikee 