I agree with you - not all success can be achieved only through hard work.

I feel that our (societal) culture is all about bringing down those who achieve success by vilifying them for specific actions. My purpose of my post was purely to shed light that carrot problems are not as common as one may think and that they are only part of the story.

Said another way, the article is right that what is said about success and how it was achieved is often a marketing oriented autobiography. That doesn't necessarily mean that the lies and embellishments conceal insidious actions.