Role of Confidence in Success

Simon asks how much of success is confidence skill and luck Simon the truth is you know and some people don't like to hear this sometimes I say I'm lucky and people get really pissed a bunch of you will put it in the comments right now um but the truth is I am a lucky guy like I was born in the Soviet Union I could have been my dad who was born 20 years earlier in the Soviet Union and wouldn't have come to America until my 23rd 24th 25th birthday which would have put me far behind the eightball for what I'm accomplishing so the fact that I was born in the Soviet Union during the Cold War and happened to be born during a time where Israel and America teamed up to make a trade with Russia for wheat I was traded for wheat that allowed me to get out through political asylum in the late '70s and come to America and live the American dream has a level of luck right and so luck is part of the equation now do I think I'm lucky I do not think I'm lucky because the confidence which is great parenting by the way maybe a little luck in that one could debate and definitely just kind of the overall skills and the hustle which is DNA I don't know if you can be taught to work your face off so I think it's just a mixture I always talk about a great wine show Steve he loves wine I love wine I always think a great wine is never 100% Cabernet never 100% Mero a nice little Meritage a blend and I think to answer your question I think it's a blend of all of the above some people look I think I make my luck people are like oh you're so lucky that you got into Twitter and Facebook I don't feel super trying to figure out how I'm getting healthy that dude uh I love his raw like he just he doesn't care he really is like the only person that doesn't care I that's what I told him to do um I think it's a blend of all of the above and I think that is something that people need to recognize feel comfortable with bet on your strengths and execute