<i>The 20 year-old version of Mark Zuckerberg beats the 20 year-old version of me every time.</i><p>That&#x27;s not the right question.  It&#x27;s whether the 20 yr old Mark Zuckerberg beats himself every time?  What are his chances of doing it again.<p>In my life I&#x27;ve met a lot of people that made it, but few that made it multiple times.  The ones that made it all had a lot going for them and many were brilliant.  A lot of them were in the right place at the right time, and had a lot of luck along the way.  Very few of them (1 that I know for sure) was a serially successful.  Henry Burkhardt III.  Problem is, he was not an ethical person and was sued by the SEC for fraud[1].<p>Let&#x27;s also be honest: on the path to being insanely wealthy there are a lot of forks in the road.  One fork is treating people &quot;right&quot; (think golden rule here) and the other is being completely selfish and screwing people over.  In my career, I&#x27;ve been at that road many times.  I always chose the sleep-at-night path.  There are some serially successful people that always take the &quot;get mine&quot; path.  I&#x27;ve known a few of those people, too.<p>So, luck and the willingness to screw people over.  Those are two ingredients for success.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sec.gov&#x2F;litigation&#x2F;litreleases&#x2F;lr14895.txt" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sec.gov&#x2F;litigation&#x2F;litreleases&#x2F;lr14895.txt</a>