So, 5 out of these 6 millionaires got there almost completely by luck
that 5 of your friends all got very lucky seems very unlikely to me. Perhaps you have a biased sample of intelligent, motivated friends (i.e. more intelligent and motivated than average).
It was not just luck in the stock-options cases. They wouldn’t have gotten lucky if they weren’t capable, motivated people. So, biased sample, yes. But, still, lucky.
saturn—No, I didn’t initially know that they were millionaires.
that 5 of your friends all got very lucky seems very unlikely to me. Perhaps you have a biased sample of intelligent, motivated friends (i.e. more intelligent and motivated than average).
Perhaps Phil prefers making friends with people who are already millionaires.
It was not just luck in the stock-options cases. They wouldn’t have gotten lucky if they weren’t capable, motivated people. So, biased sample, yes. But, still, lucky.
saturn—No, I didn’t initially know that they were millionaires.
how do you know? Do you have 5 other capable, motivated friends who shot for millionairedom and failed over and over again?