I am suspicious of any successful person who refuses to admit that a significant factor in their success was luck.
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Yes, "Luck is the crossroads of Opportunity and Preparation", but it is still an uncontrollable factor and anyone who tries to credit their accomplishments solely to hard work is either intentionally lying or lacks a certain amount of self-awareness.
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It's absolutely wild how simply saying "luck is a factor in success" gets interpreted like this, whew boy the defensiveness levels are off the chartpic.twitter.com/IBzCO3HZ7M
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Me: "Luck factors into success." Them: "NO I bootstrapped myself to where I am ALL BY MYSELF with zero help from anybody and zero luck and if you didn't do the same it's because I'M ACTUALLY BETTER THAN YOU and work harder than you hashtag meritocracy stop policing my journey"pic.twitter.com/MGHrxbMux7
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I have received so much help from so many people and been so incredibly lucky to get where I am. That doesn't negate the fact that I am a hard worker, but there are plenty of hard workers with immeasurable amounts of talent who don't get the opportunities that I have.
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If you find yourself pearl-clutching over a tweet that simply acknowledges that luck DOES play a significant role in everyone's achievements and overall success; if you find yourself defending some non-existent meritocracy, kindly get over yourself. Siri mute thread
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I mean luck yes, but I would be willing to a bet a lot of it is predictable given certain factors, which means the "luck" involved isn't random, sadly. If the luck was uniformly distributed in some sense that would be more fair. 
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