> And I'm simply saying, if you take 100 rich people and ask how they got there, majority of them would have gotten there because they worked hard.
I'm pretty sure, yes, if you asked 100 rich people, they would say that, the question is whether that attribution is accurate.
I'd suspect that it is true in some respect (specifically, if by "working hard" you mean "spending time in activities directed at getting rich"; there is plenty of hard work people do that isn't directed at getting rich) if you compare them to less-rich people with similar starting conditions. I think, though, that starting conditions and factors outside of the individuals' control are pretty big contributors to becoming rich.
I'm pretty sure, yes, if you asked 100 rich people, they would say that, the question is whether that attribution is accurate.
I'd suspect that it is true in some respect (specifically, if by "working hard" you mean "spending time in activities directed at getting rich"; there is plenty of hard work people do that isn't directed at getting rich) if you compare them to less-rich people with similar starting conditions. I think, though, that starting conditions and factors outside of the individuals' control are pretty big contributors to becoming rich.