Some people succeed because they work smart.
Some people succeed because they work hard.
In both cases, you work.
If you are highly intelligent enough to calculate 16 digit multiplications in your mind within 20 milliseconds yet sit down doing nothing you are bound to fail.
If you have an eidetic memory, but don't know how to use it, you are bound to fail.
If you never want to fail, and never try, you cannot fail neither succeed, which makes you a failure again.
Some people succeed because they work hard.
In both cases, you work.
If you are highly intelligent enough to calculate 16 digit multiplications in your mind within 20 milliseconds yet sit down doing nothing you are bound to fail.
If you have an eidetic memory, but don't know how to use it, you are bound to fail.
If you never want to fail, and never try, you cannot fail neither succeed, which makes you a failure again.