Yes, but remember, Fortune favors the prepared.
I was very lucky many times in my life, but I didn’t follow that with work and grit. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos did. So they are where they are, and I am where I am.
> Fortune favors the prepared.
A thing shown by the study is rather that fortune flees from the lazy one. Above a certain threshold of talent (defined in a way that includes effort and know-how), more talent does not imply better results.
Elon Musk was born into an already wealthy family and failed his way upward.
Jeff Bezo's wife was already a millionaire when he started Amazon
Neither of them had "hard work" or "grit", despite the whitewashing both of them have done of their rags-to-riches story. They are where they are because of generational wealth and familial connections.