Originally Posted by BlackCrayon

Yes but what about the guy who tries and tries and fails and fails until he can't afford to try anymore? Is he not motivated? Does that mean he is not smart? Or does it mean that its very difficult to break into an already developed market? Its quite hard for an a newbie to compete against those already established. There are loads of variables but at the end of the day there are many very competent people who will just never succeed despite their brains, money, etc.

The world relies on people being so poor in third world countries that they will work for pennies. The world relies on people being mcdonalds workers, garbage pickers, etc. Society wouldn't work if everyone was a millionaire.



my point with zukerberg and rick was that timing played a big part in what they were successful in. Of course i think they could of been successful at other things. although perhaps not quite as successful. Its hard to say but regarding what they are successful for, if not for timing, would be completely different. I just wanted to point out that timing and luck does play some part in success.