Why don’t so many talented, passionate, and goal-driven people reach the status of cult figures like Pablo Picasso or Marilyn Monroe, or build global businesses like Elon Musk? Why do only a few achieve true recognition, significant finances, and influence?
Egor Altman, founder of “Business FM,” and psychoanalytic psychologist Tsiаla Krikhеli studied the experience of 10 outstanding individuals from the 20th to 21st century and derived a formula for exceptional success.
Their goal was to determine what factors help turn a gifted young man into Vladimir Vysotsky and an exceptionally talented girl into Angelina Jolie. They found that it isn’t only about a “divine gift.” There are other, less obvious reasons that take a person to the heights of creative, political, or financial achievements.
And the question remains: is it really worth it?