[strikelaserclaw]

In my opinion the most talented don't always succeed in the wildest ways but they do succeed to a pretty large extent. In an alternative timeline bill gates might not be the richest man heading up one of the largest companies but he would definitely have been a very successful multimillionaire banker, lawyer etc...

[geodel]

This is insightful comment. I feel the same. Impossible level of success is most likely random. But a decent level of success is achievable with sustained effort in their particular domain

[gscott]

And be happy and fulfilled in either position.