I think it's an important conversation to have. What if the story of success is a complex sum of contributing factors but it turns out, certain factors have significantly higher weights than the others. If you don't explore all of the cases, you may perpetuate a narrative that does many a disservice by promoting factors that don't empower but ultimately suppress.
Many may think their chosen set of contributing factors will make them successful and it turns out, those factors might not be all that useful. By ignoring that information and falsely giving equal weight to all factors, you might empower them down a path far more likely of failure than of success. That path could be a good portion of their lives so I think stepping on a few toes in conversation is well worth trying to resolve those problems instead of only speaking in the positive.
Many may think their chosen set of contributing factors will make them successful and it turns out, those factors might not be all that useful. By ignoring that information and falsely giving equal weight to all factors, you might empower them down a path far more likely of failure than of success. That path could be a good portion of their lives so I think stepping on a few toes in conversation is well worth trying to resolve those problems instead of only speaking in the positive.