> "I was born into a poor family but am relatively intelligent and good at learning things, therefore I can find success"

Nicely put, unconsciously this was my mindset in my 20s. In my 30s, I started questioning myself how come so many stupid people achieve great success. There must be more to success than just being relatively intelligent (just look into politicians - forgive generalization).

Once a nagging thought, now I find some comfort in it.