Is Bezos really that smart or does luck play a huge role? I am sure I am smarter than quite a few at MBB but I still find myself working at a Big 4.

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How does one go from selling books online to Amazon, cloud, web services? Not everyone can do it.

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He worked at DE Shaw before Amazon. He was always going to be richer than most big4 workerbees, Amazon or not.

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Read Outliers

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It's always a combination of both, as well as a bookload (see what I did here?) of resilience.

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Smart + willingness to work harder + right time, right place

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Luck

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Almost all luck
Luck with the ability to work hard, be smart, be an American citizen, at the right time, at the right place, working with the right people, at the right industry.

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Smart is relative. Exhibit A - Steve Harvey. Went from being homeless to Steve Harvey dj, show host, tv show, nationally syndicated radio show, Miss American host / household name.. smart or luck 🤔

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It's not all about smarts. How about charisma and courage. Do you have any

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I'd take grit and flexibility over raw intelligence any day, and the people with the former are usually more successful.

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Also Amazon's PR FAQ process.....prime, Alexa/echo etc. were born from that.

If you're born smart with the capability to work hard, you are lucky

It's better to be lucky than good, but it's best to be both.

Ey3 looks like you are banking on charisma and courage in your career.

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