How successful people get ahead of others

Luck, genes, or IQ — what are the keys to a winning career? Helen O’Callaghan seeks the answers.

SUCCESSFUL people are just born that way — their success is all down to good luck, great genes, or a high IQ.

Not true, say experts, who see successful people getting ahead because they’ve embraced a cocktail of behaviours that keep them mentally strong and winning the game.