Not a bad post right here. There’s a group, no several groups of individuals here in Australia that seek to attain their brighter future by the following method: Hold out a figurative silver platter and wait for their bright future to fall on it. I’m not sure how it ends up for them but am pretty sure bright futures are gained in more proactive ways generally.
Still, some of them seem to be doing quite well for themselves.
I think the some that are doing well are over-represented in memory and the media and the majority that are not is largely hidden. It is like reading the biography of a superstar CEO that gives the secrets to success. No one reads the books of the 10,000 that failed with the same skill set because those books haven't been written, and if they were, who wants to read about failures.