Luck Or Hard Work - Which One Determines Life Success?
I have been thinking about this question since a long time. How much percentage luck and how much percentage hard work play in our life success? I am sure that at any point of your life, you would have looked at a person and said "How lucky He/She is. I wish I was like him/her".
In order to understand this topic better, I began to read various personality development books and started talking with people regarding this. This article is about what I learned from them and what conclusion I had come upon.
A one sentence answer to our question is given in the book, the monk who sold his Ferrari, "What is luck, my friend?" Julian replied kindly. "It is nothing more than the marriage of preparation with opportunity." As we see, Preparation plays a vital important role in life success. When opportunity comes to a person who is prepared, he can take the opportunity. This is what Julian Mantle considers as luck. So if the luck knocks an unprepared mind, there is a high probability that he missed the opportunity and hence misses his luck.
When posed this question to my friend Shyam, he told me "Life really is generous to those who pursue their destiny. When a person is determined to succeed in his life, the whole world wants him to win. Lady Luck is greedy. It supports success. It goes with those who do hard work. The nature silently prays for the person who does hard work and lady luck can't ignore him for long. A better word for Luck is opportunity. A person, who wants to learn more, who wants to accomplish something great in life, who focuses on only realizing his dreams, is bound to succeed and the right opportunity will definitely knock his door."
If a person believes only in luck, he just buys lottery tickets. He just waits. He will always be like that gambler in Las Vegas, staying at the roulette wheel. But if u do hard work, and luck comes, u never miss that luck.
Arun Vijay, put the answer in this way "You need to do had work without believing in luck. If you do hard work, and luck doesn't come your way, you don't need to worry since you have only believed in hard work and not luck. Hard work includes ability and skills. You should have right attitude to make this happen. If you wish to fly, and you do hard work day and night without working on to acquiring the necessary skills required flying, it is almost guaranteed that luck will be reluctant to come to your foot step".
It is truth that there might be many people who got success just of sheer luck. But since exceptions are not rules, I personally believe that we should not take these people as our role model since they took a bit of short cut to reach success. Short cut don't always lead a person to success.
What I understand on this topic is that, we are supposed to do our home work without depending on the luck factor. We should not be like a person who buys a lottery tickets and waits till luck blesses him. He may end up spending his life on this. We have to take advantage when luck is on our side, and do as much to help it as it's doing to help us. This is called the principle of favorability or beginner's luck.
If you are a student, we can do our best to concentrate on our studies and do as much hard work as we can. If you are an employee, give your best to your job. If you have a dream to follow, start immediately on it. Luck waits for no one. Before it comes, be prepared for it.
Hard Work Leads to Success
There isn't one get rich quick scheme that works, unless you're one of those people who are willing to fork over your hard earned money to someone else. Then they might get rich while scamming you. Ads are all over late night infomercials, pop-ups on your computer screen, and Twitter and Facebook is becoming a marketer's haven. So do you want the real secret to success?
It's hard work. Did you expect me to say something magical that would get you all excited and while without lifting a finger would lead you to the life of your dreams? While I ask you to sign-up, then ask you to buy my secret formula? Sound familiar?
Scam artists are everywhere promising fortune and prestige under the guise that you don't have to do anything for it. Fast food is making society fatter, not leaner and meaner, so why would you think some fast gimmick is going to make you happy and rich?
I've often said it in my articles. If you want to be successful you need to be hard working, dedicated, and you must persevere. There isn't any other way around it. I know this isn't the sexy answer that some of you were hoping for, but I am not writing this to make empty promises. Or fill false hopes. My desire is to inspire you to have a sense of dignity and hope, that you may not be persuaded from your aspirations.
Some go to school to land that better job. Others work hard and get promoted through the ranks. Both take time. But if you never commit to one or the other, neither will happen. Every semester you make an excuse not to go back to school, is another semester away from your goal. I had a friend who procrastinated for years and in all that time, he could've finished that course and had that job he'd always wanted.
You may think you're not qualified for that promotion. But if you don't put your name in the mix how are you ever going to know. Don't assume your employer is aware of every skill set you have. You job may be limiting your abilities, and the best way for them to see your true potential is to go for that interview. It also puts your name on their radar. They will take notice. Sometimes that hardest part is getting the confidence to try in the first place.
Don't let unemployment or lack of opportunities depress you. Make your own opportunities. They may not be obvious for you to see when you begin your journey, but by making yourself available and networking will open doors that you may never thought possible. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. You owe it to yourself to try like hell to make the most of life. If you won't, someone else will.
The Most Important Thing - Hard Work
Do you believe in this statement "the most important thing- hard work?
Because if you do what are you basing your belief on seeing your family and friends working hard or yourself hoping to find at the end of the rainbow that pot of gold.
This belief about working hard to attain success has been around for a very long time and has affected many families in a positive way bringing them great rewards and to other families have torn them apart because the parental figure was never their when the children needed help and support.
Because some people have attain success with working hard others have followed suite hoping not to reinvent the wheel but do what others have done and hope for success.
You may know personally some family or yourself working hard and keep hoping that it will make a difference yet some success is develop but not what you hope for.
Having the right thinking and aligning yourself to your true nature of things that make you happy using the principles of success does make a difference.
Thoughts help to create
Your thoughts help to create the world that you live in so having a thought
about working hard you will look for proof to reinforce this thinking and belief and even when you attain success you may still hold onto this belief and continue to work hard.
If working hard was a sure thing for success everyone who works hard daily would be millionaires by now so this belief is a false belief because it does not hold truth in all situations.
The law of the universe is what ever you focus on be it positive or negative it will happen with intention and perseverance because you are using a part of your brain which is the reticular activator which helps you to attract the things you are constantly looking at.
Natural flows
There are natural flows for things to occur and you can help it along but it will need time for it to grow, think of a seed that you planted too much water and you kill it so working hard does not mean it will happen faster for your success.
Every act is a success in itself because you are going forward taking action, how you judge it or who is judging it can be positive or negative.
Signs for working hard
Some of the signs for working hard are fear of not succeeding so the person believes that the more they push or put more energy into something it will work yet the universe has shown you that time are needed for things to fall into place like the seasons.
End goal
Working hard is not the end goal but a way of doing things to get you to what you want in life and this maybe security or freedom or desire to retire early and have enough for you and your family.
Becoming conscious that you can attain what you want in different ways and getting the support of others will bring your goals to you faster and easier.
Conclusion: The most important thing-hard work is a belief that some people have use and is still using to help them become successful but it is not necessary the right ingredient that makes a difference to success.
Success Comes From Hard Work and Dedication
If someone ever achieves a healthy income from a network marketing (MLM or multi-level marketing) business, which only happens to a very small percentage of people who ever get involved in the industry, it is the result of hard work and dedication. Seldom will anyone find success in any area of life without a good measure of these two elements.
As many people struggle to find a home based business from which they can earn enough money to make a difference, people are turning to network marketing which is one of the few means of achieving millionaire status with a relatively small investment of money. Thousands of people sign up with network marketing companies on a regular basis because of the hope and dream for monetary rewards. It is entirely possible for people to achieve huge success with these businesses, but it is generally difficult for most who sign up as distributors.
Health and wellness have become extremely important to the baby boomers, a population group which has had a huge influence on the market place through the years. As they age, this group has created a large demand for nutritional supplements, many of which are being sold through network marketing.
Network marketing is still a viable option for people who want to earn a lot of money without making a huge financial commitment. It is not for the down and out, however, as it will take some money to pursue the dream of success. A distributor must spend money to buy the products as he grows his business. It is certainly not for everyone although some people could reap outlandish rewards from the industry.
Hard work and dedication are two traits of leaders. The people who find success become leaders and are the ones who are looked to for help. True leadership means putting yourself out to help other people. Finding success is easier if a distributor is able to find a leader who is willing to take the time and effort to help him do well in the business until he can become a leader in the company. Regardless of whether or not a leader is found to help, however, the distributor himself must be willing to work hard and have the dedication to keep trying until the dream is fulfilled.
Does Hard Work Really Pay Off?
I'm sure we've all been told this before at least once in our lives. "Work hard and you will achieve what you've set out to do!" Is it really that simple though? I think it is, and I'll tell you why.
In order to REALLY achieve a LARGE goal that you have, you have to be willing to do what others aren't. Are you willing to stay in on the weekends and do what it takes to reach your desired goal? Are you willing to eat what others are not? Are you willing to skip out on those extra fries and beer at the football game in order to finally see your abs?
You see, it's simple, but it's not easy. With any goal that you set out to achieve, you must realize that the universe and everyone around you may not always want you to succeed. It may even seem like nothing has gone your way no matter how hard you have tried. But, keep at it long enough, show consistency and dedication, some patience, and the never-say-die attitude to keep going no matter how bad it might seem - and you've got yourself the chance to succeed no matter what you're trying to accomplish.
Why am I telling you this? This can relate to practically anything in life. More specifically though for athletes, it just flat out makes me very upset to hear all these kids who want to be All-State, get a Division 1 scholarship, etc; but how many of them are REALLY ready to sacrifice a few things in their life in order to get there? Are you willing to put in the work year round? Most athletes aren't these days.
No matter what you do, there should be NO regrets when you look back. We should be doing EVERYTHING in our power to succeed. I'm telling you from experience that I do have regrets and I'm telling you this because I don't want you to make the same mistakes that I did. I've been there and have seen it all. I know what's expected of athletes at the college level. I know what it's like to win big and I know what it's like to get smoked in a sprint race. I know what it's like to drop a huge pass, wide-open on the way to the end zone; I also know what it's like to train in the rain, at 1 in the morning, at 5 in the morning, after work. As an athlete I've made many mistakes but also had some success along the way too. Now as a coach, I'm telling you that if you are willing to do whatever it takes to win and do what your friends and others are NOT willing to do, then you will go far.
I have been thinking about this question since a long time. How much percentage luck and how much percentage hard work play in our life success? I am sure that at any point of your life, you would have looked at a person and said "How lucky He/She is. I wish I was like him/her".
In order to understand this topic better, I began to read various personality development books and started talking with people regarding this. This article is about what I learned from them and what conclusion I had come upon.
A one sentence answer to our question is given in the book, the monk who sold his Ferrari, "What is luck, my friend?" Julian replied kindly. "It is nothing more than the marriage of preparation with opportunity." As we see, Preparation plays a vital important role in life success. When opportunity comes to a person who is prepared, he can take the opportunity. This is what Julian Mantle considers as luck. So if the luck knocks an unprepared mind, there is a high probability that he missed the opportunity and hence misses his luck.
When posed this question to my friend Shyam, he told me "Life really is generous to those who pursue their destiny. When a person is determined to succeed in his life, the whole world wants him to win. Lady Luck is greedy. It supports success. It goes with those who do hard work. The nature silently prays for the person who does hard work and lady luck can't ignore him for long. A better word for Luck is opportunity. A person, who wants to learn more, who wants to accomplish something great in life, who focuses on only realizing his dreams, is bound to succeed and the right opportunity will definitely knock his door."
If a person believes only in luck, he just buys lottery tickets. He just waits. He will always be like that gambler in Las Vegas, staying at the roulette wheel. But if u do hard work, and luck comes, u never miss that luck.
Arun Vijay, put the answer in this way "You need to do had work without believing in luck. If you do hard work, and luck doesn't come your way, you don't need to worry since you have only believed in hard work and not luck. Hard work includes ability and skills. You should have right attitude to make this happen. If you wish to fly, and you do hard work day and night without working on to acquiring the necessary skills required flying, it is almost guaranteed that luck will be reluctant to come to your foot step".
It is truth that there might be many people who got success just of sheer luck. But since exceptions are not rules, I personally believe that we should not take these people as our role model since they took a bit of short cut to reach success. Short cut don't always lead a person to success.
What I understand on this topic is that, we are supposed to do our home work without depending on the luck factor. We should not be like a person who buys a lottery tickets and waits till luck blesses him. He may end up spending his life on this. We have to take advantage when luck is on our side, and do as much to help it as it's doing to help us. This is called the principle of favorability or beginner's luck.
If you are a student, we can do our best to concentrate on our studies and do as much hard work as we can. If you are an employee, give your best to your job. If you have a dream to follow, start immediately on it. Luck waits for no one. Before it comes, be prepared for it.
Hard Work Leads to Success
There isn't one get rich quick scheme that works, unless you're one of those people who are willing to fork over your hard earned money to someone else. Then they might get rich while scamming you. Ads are all over late night infomercials, pop-ups on your computer screen, and Twitter and Facebook is becoming a marketer's haven. So do you want the real secret to success?
It's hard work. Did you expect me to say something magical that would get you all excited and while without lifting a finger would lead you to the life of your dreams? While I ask you to sign-up, then ask you to buy my secret formula? Sound familiar?
Scam artists are everywhere promising fortune and prestige under the guise that you don't have to do anything for it. Fast food is making society fatter, not leaner and meaner, so why would you think some fast gimmick is going to make you happy and rich?
I've often said it in my articles. If you want to be successful you need to be hard working, dedicated, and you must persevere. There isn't any other way around it. I know this isn't the sexy answer that some of you were hoping for, but I am not writing this to make empty promises. Or fill false hopes. My desire is to inspire you to have a sense of dignity and hope, that you may not be persuaded from your aspirations.
Some go to school to land that better job. Others work hard and get promoted through the ranks. Both take time. But if you never commit to one or the other, neither will happen. Every semester you make an excuse not to go back to school, is another semester away from your goal. I had a friend who procrastinated for years and in all that time, he could've finished that course and had that job he'd always wanted.
You may think you're not qualified for that promotion. But if you don't put your name in the mix how are you ever going to know. Don't assume your employer is aware of every skill set you have. You job may be limiting your abilities, and the best way for them to see your true potential is to go for that interview. It also puts your name on their radar. They will take notice. Sometimes that hardest part is getting the confidence to try in the first place.
Don't let unemployment or lack of opportunities depress you. Make your own opportunities. They may not be obvious for you to see when you begin your journey, but by making yourself available and networking will open doors that you may never thought possible. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. You owe it to yourself to try like hell to make the most of life. If you won't, someone else will.
The Most Important Thing - Hard Work
Do you believe in this statement "the most important thing- hard work?
Because if you do what are you basing your belief on seeing your family and friends working hard or yourself hoping to find at the end of the rainbow that pot of gold.
This belief about working hard to attain success has been around for a very long time and has affected many families in a positive way bringing them great rewards and to other families have torn them apart because the parental figure was never their when the children needed help and support.
Because some people have attain success with working hard others have followed suite hoping not to reinvent the wheel but do what others have done and hope for success.
You may know personally some family or yourself working hard and keep hoping that it will make a difference yet some success is develop but not what you hope for.
Having the right thinking and aligning yourself to your true nature of things that make you happy using the principles of success does make a difference.
Thoughts help to create
Your thoughts help to create the world that you live in so having a thought
about working hard you will look for proof to reinforce this thinking and belief and even when you attain success you may still hold onto this belief and continue to work hard.
If working hard was a sure thing for success everyone who works hard daily would be millionaires by now so this belief is a false belief because it does not hold truth in all situations.
The law of the universe is what ever you focus on be it positive or negative it will happen with intention and perseverance because you are using a part of your brain which is the reticular activator which helps you to attract the things you are constantly looking at.
Natural flows
There are natural flows for things to occur and you can help it along but it will need time for it to grow, think of a seed that you planted too much water and you kill it so working hard does not mean it will happen faster for your success.
Every act is a success in itself because you are going forward taking action, how you judge it or who is judging it can be positive or negative.
Signs for working hard
Some of the signs for working hard are fear of not succeeding so the person believes that the more they push or put more energy into something it will work yet the universe has shown you that time are needed for things to fall into place like the seasons.
End goal
Working hard is not the end goal but a way of doing things to get you to what you want in life and this maybe security or freedom or desire to retire early and have enough for you and your family.
Becoming conscious that you can attain what you want in different ways and getting the support of others will bring your goals to you faster and easier.
Conclusion: The most important thing-hard work is a belief that some people have use and is still using to help them become successful but it is not necessary the right ingredient that makes a difference to success.
Success Comes From Hard Work and Dedication
If someone ever achieves a healthy income from a network marketing (MLM or multi-level marketing) business, which only happens to a very small percentage of people who ever get involved in the industry, it is the result of hard work and dedication. Seldom will anyone find success in any area of life without a good measure of these two elements.
As many people struggle to find a home based business from which they can earn enough money to make a difference, people are turning to network marketing which is one of the few means of achieving millionaire status with a relatively small investment of money. Thousands of people sign up with network marketing companies on a regular basis because of the hope and dream for monetary rewards. It is entirely possible for people to achieve huge success with these businesses, but it is generally difficult for most who sign up as distributors.
Health and wellness have become extremely important to the baby boomers, a population group which has had a huge influence on the market place through the years. As they age, this group has created a large demand for nutritional supplements, many of which are being sold through network marketing.
Network marketing is still a viable option for people who want to earn a lot of money without making a huge financial commitment. It is not for the down and out, however, as it will take some money to pursue the dream of success. A distributor must spend money to buy the products as he grows his business. It is certainly not for everyone although some people could reap outlandish rewards from the industry.
Hard work and dedication are two traits of leaders. The people who find success become leaders and are the ones who are looked to for help. True leadership means putting yourself out to help other people. Finding success is easier if a distributor is able to find a leader who is willing to take the time and effort to help him do well in the business until he can become a leader in the company. Regardless of whether or not a leader is found to help, however, the distributor himself must be willing to work hard and have the dedication to keep trying until the dream is fulfilled.
Does Hard Work Really Pay Off?
I'm sure we've all been told this before at least once in our lives. "Work hard and you will achieve what you've set out to do!" Is it really that simple though? I think it is, and I'll tell you why.
In order to REALLY achieve a LARGE goal that you have, you have to be willing to do what others aren't. Are you willing to stay in on the weekends and do what it takes to reach your desired goal? Are you willing to eat what others are not? Are you willing to skip out on those extra fries and beer at the football game in order to finally see your abs?
You see, it's simple, but it's not easy. With any goal that you set out to achieve, you must realize that the universe and everyone around you may not always want you to succeed. It may even seem like nothing has gone your way no matter how hard you have tried. But, keep at it long enough, show consistency and dedication, some patience, and the never-say-die attitude to keep going no matter how bad it might seem - and you've got yourself the chance to succeed no matter what you're trying to accomplish.
Why am I telling you this? This can relate to practically anything in life. More specifically though for athletes, it just flat out makes me very upset to hear all these kids who want to be All-State, get a Division 1 scholarship, etc; but how many of them are REALLY ready to sacrifice a few things in their life in order to get there? Are you willing to put in the work year round? Most athletes aren't these days.
No matter what you do, there should be NO regrets when you look back. We should be doing EVERYTHING in our power to succeed. I'm telling you from experience that I do have regrets and I'm telling you this because I don't want you to make the same mistakes that I did. I've been there and have seen it all. I know what's expected of athletes at the college level. I know what it's like to win big and I know what it's like to get smoked in a sprint race. I know what it's like to drop a huge pass, wide-open on the way to the end zone; I also know what it's like to train in the rain, at 1 in the morning, at 5 in the morning, after work. As an athlete I've made many mistakes but also had some success along the way too. Now as a coach, I'm telling you that if you are willing to do whatever it takes to win and do what your friends and others are NOT willing to do, then you will go far.
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