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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know - I think there is a lot of element of luck that goes into how "successful" people are -right timing/opportunity/exposure as well as high EQ as well as IQ. Of my high school friends, I was probably the least paper perfect, but I make maybe 4X what the other 1600 SAT friends make through some hustle and also some luck, to be honest, and exposure of putting myself out there. The scrappy, lucky kid wins.[/quote]

There’s always luck involved and great timing but the persistence and hustle makes a huge difference. [/quote]

Agree. The difference between people often comes down to the willingness to hustle and put yourself out there and take risks. That's why the bright girl with the great grades and scores in high school but who is quiet and shy and retiring will never amount to be anything more than a librarian or similar living in a townhouse in Columbia while the outgoing sporty kid with mediocre grades but engaging personality ends up the SVP of a major sales account and a $2M house in Bethesda.

There are some career tracks where the grinding and risk averse people can take that will pay financial rewards, such as medicine. But advancement in the real world is closely correlated with the ability to hustle and a "just do it" attitude. [/quote]

I desperately hope that this is a parody post. [/quote]

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