Put simply, being in the right place at the right time, and having connections, can be as important as having the skills and experience.
I always tell my kids, you can try your best and still fail. Sometimes you will succeed without any effort at all. Luck will affect the outcome of anything you do.
But you have to be ready for the luck. You have to work hard to be in a position to take advantage. Hard work can mitigate your failures, and any effort you put into doing your best is never wasted because you’re trying to be the best version of yourself.
That’s why you try. Not because you might win and get wealth and fame and glory. You try because you want to be the person who tries.
See also, honesty, kindness, generosity, forgiveness. These are not things we do to be rewarded. The universe (not to mention other people) is going to let you down more often than not. You should still be honest and kind and generous and forgiving and hardworking because that’s the person you want to be.
“Luck favors the prepared!”
- Edna Mode
And guest.
“NO CAPES!”
– Edna Mode
That’s a point of view I had never considered before and makes negatice outcome less despairing (? can’t quite find the right word). Thanks a lot!
Working hard increases the chances of success is a better way to phrase it but networking is basically a necessity and luck is paramount
Having lived in quite a few countries now, it’s all about who you know. It’s extremely hard to get a job when you don’t have a network.
I was going to say that I’ve learned that networking is like 90% of getting ahead. Treat everyone you work with and know well, keep in contact with them every once in a while, and it can, not that it will, pay off.
Worked for me. I’m lucky.
And in Cuban’s case, you just have to exploit the fuck out of a shitload of people. Only way to create a billionaire.
No plan has ever come to fruition without a substantial amount of luck -Reality.
My high-school economics professor was such a smart dude.
The most important part of his entire class was driving home the truth that no matter how hard you work, your success will always be determined mostly by luck.
And how economies aren’t something to “win” but a tool for society to give people what they need/want in exchange for contributing to society.
Work pays off most of the time.
It doesn’t generally pay you enough though.
