[caymanjim]

Anecdotally, I've found the opposite. The most successful people ascribe their success to their own hard work first and foremost, discounting all the benefits that luck has brought them, most especially the accident of their birth (rich country, rich parents, race, gender, date, etc.). On the other end of the spectrum, those who are less successful tend to blame all their failures on bad luck and discount their own contribution.

[delete2]

The "You didn't build that" types vs. the self-made man with a million dollar trust fund types.

[ixtli]

I agree that the mistake of discounting the important role luck plays in success doesn't seem to know class bounds.

[rambojazz]

> The most successful people ascribe their success to their own hard work first and foremost

because it makes them feel greater, more merits for them and less to fate. They don't want others to think "ah you got lucky with that".

[p0nce]

Either it's a case of Fundamental Attribution Error, or the natural tendency for "luck" events is to be negative rather than positive.

[panopticon]

My anecdotal evidence also agrees with yours.

[chefandy]

Fact.