Luck plays a huge role in our lives. We are born completely on top of others' achievements and grow on them for a long time: family, society and state. Even the chance for us to differentiate is that, a chance. Only when there starts to be a record of turning points where one could have done bad/good choices can an individual overcome the survivor bias doubt[1].

It is important to recognize that record as otherwise we stop being individuals with no recorded contribution nor merit.

[1] I the hate survivor bias as it is generally hard to refute it in human behaviors.