Just read the following webpage:
If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? Turns out it’s just chance.
I think people have no idea how much our lives are ruled by randomness.
One may often need certain qualities to become rich, but out of all
these people who have such qualities, only a small percentage of them
will become rich, and that through sheer luck.
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