Success

I was intrigued when I first read that how the last name of a person can affect your chance of success. People with last names starting with letters in the front of the alphabet tends to be more successful, and those starting with letters towards the back of the alphabet tends to be less successful.

This phenomena is due to the fact that many things are arranged according to alphabetical order, and the 'A's are used to being at the top of the list, and the 'Z's at the bottom. Priorities are given to the 'A's.

This explains why the Ang, Chua, Cheng and let's not forget Choy, Chan and Chiw all making it big in life.

However, there are always exceptions. Two clear examples are Yeo and Zhuang who are both very successful. Why is this so?

This could be attributed to the fact that they are taller and taller people also enjoys more success as they are more noticeable and used to people 'looking up' at them giving them higher self-esteem. Perhaps that's how the word 'headstart' comes about.

Looking deeper into this two attributes of success, which do you think is more influential? From the examples given, I speculate that being tall is more vital to be successful, but this doesn't concern me, does it? The only thing I need to know is that I'm unknowingly being dealt a psychological blow early on in life.


Source:
Quirkology by Richard Wiseman