Beyond the Seattle area, Gates was appointed to the board of directors of the national United Way in 1980, becoming the first woman to lead it in 1983. Her tenure on the national board's executive committee is believed to have helped Microsoft, based in Seattle, at a crucial time. In 1980, she discussed her son's company with John Opel, a fellow committee member, and the chairman of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). Opel, by some accounts, mentioned Mrs. Gates to other IBM executives. A few weeks later, IBM took a chance by hiring Microsoft, then a small software firm, to develop an operating system for its first personal computer.[2]
在崛起之前，比尔·盖茨（Bill Gates）、沃伦·巴菲特（Warren Buffett）、埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）、史蒂夫·乔布斯（Steve Jobs）和马克·扎克伯格（Mark Zuckerberg）等人的本钱实际上很少。在当时，比他们拥有更多本钱的人络绎不绝，但绝大多数人都没有取得重大成功。盖茨和扎克伯格进入了哈佛大学，哈佛大学每年有近一万人毕业，其中拥有比他们更多本钱的人不计其数，但结果如何呢？本钱的作用有一定影响，但并非主要因素。
本钱是外在因素，实际上只是运气的一小部分。更准确的财富公式应该是：
财富 = （运气+努力） * （运气+才智）。
运气至关重要。生不逢时，辛劳一生；运气降临，猪会飞上天。比尔·盖茨、巴菲特、埃隆·马斯克、乔布斯和扎克伯格之所以成功，是因为他们获得了运气的相助（天时、地利、人和），想要学习和模仿他们的人成千上万，成功之人几乎没有，因为没有可复制的运气。我们无法学习运气，只能学习努力和才智。
Beyond the Seattle area, Gates was appointed to the board of directors of the national United Way in 1980, becoming the first woman to lead it in 1983. Her tenure on the national board's executive committee is believed to have helped Microsoft, based in Seattle, at a crucial time. In 1980, she discussed her son's company with John Opel, a fellow committee member, and the chairman of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). Opel, by some accounts, mentioned Mrs. Gates to other IBM executives. A few weeks later, IBM took a chance by hiring Microsoft, then a small software firm, to develop an operating system for its first personal computer.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Maxwell_Gates?
太真实了，让努力和才智情何以堪啊。
不是说Bill Gates家没有一点点资源，是赤贫，可是有这种资源水平在美国，或全世界的人也很多吧？但有几人能像Gates一样成功？
冒险，这个不在才智和努力范畴
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%26L_Gates
成功最大的因素是运气，失败最大的因素是个人的努力和才智。
人应当保持谦虚，远离浮躁心态，并感恩那些带来成功的运气。