Thinking About Sucess (2.2)

I think that hard work is the most important "ingredient" of success followed by opportunity, skill, and luck. I believe that one can be successful without luck or a special talent if she or he works hard enough. One must put in the time to achieve goals and be successful. I think opportunity is the second most important because when given an opportunity, it can drive one to want success. Opportunity is somewhat controllable, compared to luck which is not. For example, if one works hard, then he or she has the chance of an opportunity. When one works hard having an opportunity exceeds what one can do with only hard work. I have skill as the second to the last word because one can have the skill, but not efficiently use it and otherwise be lazy. You can have the skill, but if given an opportunity you might not know what to do with it. Luck was the last word on my ranking because luck is not always reliable. One can not just wait around for luck and hope that it will help one succeed, and like I stated before, luck is not controllable.