Aside from working hard, perhaps the second best ingredient to success in life is maintaining (almost always!) an attitude of thankfulness, to Elohim and to those who help you in your walk through life, that gratitude pleasing to all of them, strangers included, and then you may never know how one of those strangers may catapult you to new heights, having sensed that your attitude of thankfulness and your hard work are principal traits in your approach to life.