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by smt88 2886 days ago
Regarding (b), a lot of success is related to timing, background, and resources -- basically luck. It would be impossible to try to separate all those factors out and draw a conclusion, especially because it's a single data point.

There are, however, studies with more than one data point. These can isolate factors to some extent. These suggest Steve Jobs would've been more successful if he were less emotionally explosive/unpredictable and more open[1].

1. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0953732090349858...