“I’ve found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.”
–Brian Tracy
Personally, I don’t put much stock in “luck”. I more likely to believe that success occurs when opportunity and effort meet. Many have said that luck is a matter of opportunity and preparation meeting, but sometimes opportunity comes to us when we are unprepared. Without effort, though, opportunity quickly passes through our grasp.
One might win the lottery, but, without proper financial planning and management, it is likely to end in disaster. Luck?
One may “choose” his parents wisely, but all the genes and privilege is of diminished worth without effort. Conversely, one may have chosen less privileged circumstances. Call one “lucky” and the other “unlucky”? Success requires effort. One just has more room to fail and the other to succeed.
I like the “parable of the talents” in the bible (Matthew 25:14-30). The point is not what we start with. The point is what we do with what we are given. “Luck marches with those who give their very best” (H. Jackson Brown, Jr.). I don’t doubt that each of us has the potential to be (extra)ordinary. Circumstance has prepared us as such. Claim your “luck”.
Be your best today; be better tomorrow.
Carpe momento!