Originally Posted by Robbie

Or maybe some people are smarter and more ambitious than other people. And they actively seek out opportunity and don't blow it when the chance comes their way.

There isn't and delusion to that. I've seen it with my own two eyes as I've passed other people who had even MORE opportunity than I did. While they blew opportunities and wasted time...it was easy to walk right past them in the game of life simply by busting ass and being smarter.