Keys for Economic Success

1. Hard Work
2. Opportunity
3. Skill
4. Luck
     The way I look at this is if I was an employer looking to hire a new employee, what traits would I want this person to have. Most importantly, I would want someone who is dedicated to their trade and will work at it no matter what. I ranked hard work above anything else because I feel that if a person has a strong work ethic, they are able to achieve anything. It doesn't matter how skilled someone is at their craft, but whether or not they are willing to work at it. No one is good at something without working and practicing it. I ranked opportunity next, ahead of skill, because a person can have all the skill in the world, but if they do not have the opportunity to use that skill, they can't really be successful. After opportunity comes skill. As an "employer", I would want my employee to have some skill in the area to which he is applying, however, in many things skill comes with practice. I ranked luck last because luck is not something that can be controlled like the three previous ideas. If someone is relying solely on luck for their success, they most likely will not be successful.