[frostwhale]

I disagree completely. While hitting it as big as Jeff Bezos did relies on luck, there's generally themes and qualities that lend themselves to being "lucky" as you call it. And even if you dont hit it as big as Bezos, those qualities can improve your life and other's opinion of you. For example, Jeff Bezos always gets the job done. Nearly every tech success story has some variation of that skill, the ability to complete the task, sometimes in a roundabout way, even if it seemed impossible.

This is not to say acquiring that trait gives you a billion dollar company. But it certainly doesn't hurt to have.

[donquichotte]

Actually, pretty much all of the advice Bezos gives here resonates a lot with me.

However, measurable factors like intergenerational income elasticity and social mobility appear to show that who you are (luck) is just as important in terms of financial success than what you do.