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Originally Posted by Snake Doctor
This I'm going to have to disagree with.
Short of having an IQ so low that you'd be in special ed, just about anyone can be the next self made millionaire.
There are advantages to being good looking, having a high IQ, etc....but the world is full of successful people who don't have any of that
I'm sure that most successful people like to think that they were born with "what it takes" and most other people weren't, but that's just narcissism. We're talking about starting a business and making sound investment choices, not pitching in the major leagues.  |
I would wager that the vast majority of 'self-made' millionaires have above average IQ because they typically need to comprehend and synthesize information efficiently. Now as simple as it may seem to just 'start a business and make sound investments' you have to realize that most people are not entrepreneurs. Why? Because being an entrepreneur requires certain skill sets like the ones you eluded to earlier - risk taking, dedication, opportunistic. Again, the vast majority of self-made millionaires will display these characteristics, but most ordinary folks won't. If it were so simple, why aren't most people setting up shops instead of a small few? We should all be treated equally under the law, but individuals are not biologically equal. It's the smallest individual differences in things like temperament that can make a world of difference.