I agree with the premise that not being born into extreme poverty and having a strong connection within the activity&#x2F;field that successful people are in are important. To me it just seems like if you don&#x27;t have to worry about how you are going to survive at a basic level, it allows one the freedom to to explore higher order activities.<p>The article doesn&#x27;t seem to do the author as much of a favor as the Freakonomics podcast she was just on, she seems to be describing that there is not necessarily true grit, that it has a lot to do with a person&#x27;s relationship to the activity on many levels.