Why Luck BEATS Hard Work

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Writing: Steven Rix
Editing: Jack Stevens

[seanrallis]

This reminds me of an interview I saw. A woman was talking about how she had lost her job and had no money to start the business she wanted. She talked about how in 1 year, she managed to get on her feet and buy her business because her parents let her live in their second home with no expenses so she could save money and if she could do it, anyone can!

Yeah. Anyone that has rich, affluent parents willing to give them a house for free.

[jameshill]

I believe charisma is a huge underestimated factor in overall success as well

[patrickthorpe]

My luck came in the form of my single hard working mom. We grew up very poor in the ghettos of Baltimore, life was hard be she was tougher. Gave us the best life she could and instilled good values and good work ethics in us. I never made it rich but make a good living to support my own family now and still think how lucky I was to have a mother who cared so much

[jazzyfoo]

Luck has always made me wonder if the universe really is determined. That you can put your heart and soul into something thinking you are breaking the chains of fate when in reality you are still quite bound to them.

[yuugenr]

I've always thought of this. Hard work, talent, charisma are important for success but luck plays the most extremely important role but many fail to acknowledge that. I call this luck, tactical situational advantage.

[rilock]

I've always loved the quote "Luck Is What Happens When Preparation Meets Opportunity". Many people have "lucky" moments that they are not prepared to take advantage of, and often never even recognize them as lucky, simply because they weren't in a position to take advantage of them. I'm sure there were plenty other people in Gates school that never took advantage of those computers and therefore never experienced the "luck" it provided in future events. Bill did.

[UnschoolingCOM]

"If you want to go to university, it's quite literally better to be rich than to be clever"

[MasayaShida]

Just wanna take this comment to show my appreciation for Thoughty2. His videos are always calming to watch and has taught me a fair bit of English.

[Does_it_come_in_black]

As a 44-year-old man that has had a hip and shoulder replacement after 25 years at the same job (20 more Togo) I say fawk hard work give me luck any day of the week

[debbieanne]

My sister once told me that ones looks also equated to success. The 'good-looking' job candidates will get the position over a somewhat plain Jane. I worked for many years in a job agency and I can attest this is true in my experience

[rodongo]

I couldn't agree more. Being born in a low income family means that you have to be super active for luck to smile at you along the way even with good academic records :). In other words you have to work twice as hard as those from high income families.

[SpaceMonkeyBoi]

It's not luck that decides your fate. It's thoughty2s mustache

[christopherstrecker]

I like to think of life as an RPG myself. Just that I never received the instructions manual and after 33 years of maxing out my fighting skill tree and searching for the next story events realized that I was actually playing an MMORPG, there is no story and all supposed NPCs are actually real people. And I don't even own a headset to talk with them.

[NEETShinon]

Even being able to 'work hard' itself, is also determined by Luck. People with disease, involved in accident, or having a mental disorder sometimes just unable to perform or work as hard as those luckier than them..

[bloodsord]

To me success is having my family and loved ones provided for, having a fulfilling job and helping people in need

[jackiec]

I recall watching a girl in HS literally having a complete mental breakdown in front of the entire class, balling her eyes out, all because she had received a B- for that particular class. She had A's in all of her other classes, of course. Maybe that really IS and should be a big deal in HS, but my personal experience was that my single mom was far too preoccupied with trying to make sure our basic necessities were met, that we weren't getting into serious trouble, and that we were hopefully attending school on a semi-regular basis lol. I feel that if you have money, you have more time to focus on goals which are further out than just today or next week.

[EricJones-yiuy]

This makes a lot of sense. I was born on Sep 3, just after the school year started so I had to wait basically a whole year to start school. All through school I was always among the very top of all the sports I played and I always knew it was partly because I was developed a whole year above everyone and plus that's all I did throughout my life.

[CYBERDELICRELICS]

The RPG thing is pretty spot on in my book. The cards you are dealt. The ones you lose and gain, burn and change, rearrange and reclaim.

[Doubleranged]

Wether you are hardworking or not also is determined by luck mostly. Your outlook on life mostly gets determined by your lifes circumstances, which as this video explains, are determined mostly by luck.

[GameUnCrafter]

The comment about success means different things to different people is very important. My grandparents were born just out of the great depression. Their version of success was not to be too poor to eat. They have succeeded and do well for themselves. My mom's version of success was to provide for her 3 kids and have left over money to give us a good Christmas and birthdays. She'll make more money retiring than working. She's successful. Now, my wife and I's goal is to have 0 debt when we retire, including a mortgage, meaning we will have true wealth. It's a journey to get there, but that's our "success".