[1st] What you choose to work on? Offering your time in return for money as a freelancer or employee (vs) building a software and selling millions of copies while you were sleeping are two different scenarios with different earning capability.
[2nd] Whom you choose to work with? Working with a passionate and smart group of individuals increases the odds of creating a best product and people will pay for it (iPhone, Tesla etc.,).
[3rd] How hard you work? Only working hard with #1 and #2 in place makes you rich.
P.S: The above 3 questions are from the book: “The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant”. Of course, it’s important to have your own definition of “rich”. In this context, rich is earning a lot of money. Doesn’t necessarily mean being happy or content.
Stuning