Luck for that matter
The man who said “I’d rather be lucky than good” saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It’s scary to think so much is out of one’s control
-Match Point
Are you one of the persons who thinks that they will conquer the whole world or the one whom no one can beat? If you have any such thoughts or thinking s, you may probably need a break or strong black coffee.
Have you ever thought of how much dependent are you on your life to lead your life? I would say almost 100%. Yes, nothing is in your hands.
You see the changes. But you can’t stop them. You see its happening infront of your eyes. It will happen no matter how much you try to stop it. That creates a helplessness in you. Some incidents in life make you realize everything is not under our control. Infact, most of things are not under our control.
If anyone says you are lucky, be happy for that.
Are you one of those who argue that I achieved this success because of my hard work and not by even a bit of luck. Rewind and see your life for once. You may see something else in your success apart from your hard work.
You will complete 99% of your success journey through your hardwork. You need rest 1% to achieve success and that 1% is luck which controls your remaining 99% success. It is hard to digest but that’s the truth.
Hardwork, dedicated effort… blah blah will become bullshit when you don’t have that remaining 1% of luck.
Kaun kehta aadmi apni kismat khud liktha hai? If you haven’t seen Aamir yet, watching it might help to understand the gist of this post.
Luck for that matter…
July 13th, 2009 at 1:09 am
That dialogue from Match point is my fav
July 13th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Sometimes I too feel so…I am not lucky in only one area of my life.
Even Nandan Nilekani said the same in his farewell speech.He told something like:
“…large part of success of my career has to do with luck, fate, destiny, serendipity. I did what I did because I was in right place at right time with right set of people doing right things…”
July 13th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Funny because I have always believed that all that happens to me is out of luck – nothing has ever been in my control – atleast I believe so
July 17th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
We r lucky….arent we?
July 18th, 2009 at 10:27 am
We are lucky arent we
July 29th, 2009 at 4:12 am
Completely agree mate.
Though it is a bit spooky to imagine that you are not the one that control your life.. true, but spooky!
August 15th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Its true Harsha. Luck is needed, but thats not in our hands, but whats in our hands is Hope. We can live without luck but not without Hope.
