Nepotism helps too!
That's just a different kind of luck
Born on third base and convinced I hit a triple.
This is 100% true, but you also have to be prepared for the moment you get lucky.
I think the comic is pointing out the exact opposite problem: They ARE prepared and disciplined, but luck is far too great a factor.
Indeed. You need luck but if you don't have discipline, tenacity and ability your chances to get lucky fall dramatically.
Luck is when opportunity meets preparation.
I consider my current career success to be due to a great deal of luck, but I also can't deny that a lot of work went into being ready when that moment finally came.
Hard work doesn't always translate to success, but you can definitely nudge the dice in your favor - especially with a more "holistic" approach to life.
Tenacity yes that was covered
Like having life-lasting hope?
A person once told me that in life you need to learn to be lucky. When I asked him how to learn that he replied that you need to want to be lucky. And that's it.
He was very serious and, to some extent, I think he wasn't saying something crazy (and in fact he's been very successful in his life, without resorting to help from others).
I think he meant we make our own luck: we work as hard as possible to create several occasions and maybe we screw lots of them but, if we try, try again, we can seize some of them.
I suppose the message really was: you need to be persistent. If you're so dedicated, you end up grabbing some opportunities you didn't even know existed (but you kind of created)
Thanks for coming to my TED talk... Be lucky!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_(Byrne_book)
The Secret is a 2006 self-help book by Rhonda Byrne, based on the earlier film of the same name. It is based on the belief of the pseudoscientific law of attraction, which claims that thought alone can influence objective circumstances within ones life
Just a modern day spin on the Prosperity Gospel.
Oh wow, the book was based on the movie? That explains some things.
That's an interesting (though different) take of how people can convince you to be lucky!
Wow, this book actually claims thinking can change reality to make it how you'd like it...
That's the "tenacity" bit in this comic.
You won't get lucky and win the lottery unless you buy a ticket. But there's still a huge amount of luck involved once you make the effort.
It takes luck to get an opportunity.
It takes skill to capitalize on that opportunity.
Of all extremely important life lessons to have had firmly pointed out to me, I would never have expected something this grounded and helpful to have come from a minecraft youtuber, but such is life. (Technoblade's three videos on the Potato War)
The real key is lowered expectations? /s :-P
Tenacity is measured in the amount of extra resources you have to try repeatedly
It is I, Nagito Komaeda; the Ultimate Lucky Student!
Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.
Wasn't there a Fort Minor song about this?
