Ironically, In the context of irish sports, athletes and spectators use the term “unlucky” whenever a mistake is made or there is an unfortunate outcome. It’s as if to disassociate human error from “the will of God”.
It’s human nature to link positive outcomes to self worth and negative outcomes to chance. In that vein, would you also associate being “unlucky” to the amount of work and grind that people put in?
Nice thoughts and question, thanks! Not necessarily, but there's a correlation. I agree with the classic "The harder I work the luckier I get." But no amount of work (high or low) can protect you from the randomness of life (positive and negative). I tried to capture that you can work and grind and still be unlucky. Ultimately, it's about your character and the type of person you become and how you handle "luck" and/or the lack of luck. With a long enough time-frame hopefully you can factor luck out of it a bit.
Like a friend of mine said: "More I practice with my team, more lucky I get". I think lucky is what we have, who we are. Different people, different stories, times, different lucky. Good article Cody, thanks for share it. Say hi to your father.
Ironically, In the context of irish sports, athletes and spectators use the term “unlucky” whenever a mistake is made or there is an unfortunate outcome. It’s as if to disassociate human error from “the will of God”.
It’s human nature to link positive outcomes to self worth and negative outcomes to chance. In that vein, would you also associate being “unlucky” to the amount of work and grind that people put in?
Nice thoughts and question, thanks! Not necessarily, but there's a correlation. I agree with the classic "The harder I work the luckier I get." But no amount of work (high or low) can protect you from the randomness of life (positive and negative). I tried to capture that you can work and grind and still be unlucky. Ultimately, it's about your character and the type of person you become and how you handle "luck" and/or the lack of luck. With a long enough time-frame hopefully you can factor luck out of it a bit.
Like a friend of mine said: "More I practice with my team, more lucky I get". I think lucky is what we have, who we are. Different people, different stories, times, different lucky. Good article Cody, thanks for share it. Say hi to your father.
Love it, Flavio! Thank you, I will