[AstralStorm]

There are degrees of success. Doing good work is only the most basic. Even really good work you're talented in.

Getting anything else requires opportunity. Even discovering where your talents lie takes resources.

And there's also genetic luck, not necessarily biological but also wealth and environment. Without that many talents are unknown or undeveloped. This kind of luck cannot be made.

Nobody can actually find people with undeveloped talents. You'd have to force them to try a wide variety of occupations, preferably early so that they can develop it.

The people we value are not just any talented, they're developed talents that have been noticed, and beyond that lucky geniuses.