Do you see success as a destiny instead of a choice?

its tricky

i cant gain success by doing 0 but i am also not guaranteed success by doing 100

its down to luck & timing x

I try not to believe in destiny but then I read natal charts

what's the easiest way to make a million dollars?

jokes aside - success if never guaranteed and success never lasts - often it comes down to luck

two people can be in similar positions and one can succeed and the other not so much

Yes, if something is meant to be then it will be, if not then it never was, in other words, it is fate.

I think it's a mixture of hard work and circumstances as most everyone else has said

im pretty sure everyone would choose to be sucessful if they could

I think it depends on how you define success. Creating works that look or sound the same way it does in your head or consistently meeting set deliverables of a project on time are examples.