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What, you mean I can't just read rich guy memoirs and blindly apply the platitude under each chapter heading? /s
It works fine for anyone with the foresight to be born into an ultra wealthy family.
Or at least a sorta-wealthy family, and the further "foresight" to be in the exact right place at the right time.
That's the background of most of the Western ultra-rich, just as a consequence of there being vastly more sorta-wealthy families than already ultra-rich ones. Some of them are bound to stumble into situations that add a digit or two to their net worth. For an example, Elon Musk is notable for being tangentially involved in a huge success like three times, despite being a well-known moron.
My favourite introduction to the mathematical modeling of how inequality happens.