At some point it because a binary thing.

You don’t need to just be good at something.

You need to be good at something AND do something else. AND be likeable. AND be pretty. AND have good contacts. AND …

And if any of those other things aren’t the case, you don’t become the super star.

Sometimes, it’s being at the right place at the right time. Some things can be solved with money, or being the friend or child of a celebrity, and others can’t.