Dependence of money on luck and dealing with failures
Introduction
We usually think that money is earned through hard work. But there is additional force that is also responsible for earning money. We do not have control over that force and that force is luck.
A person sets up a startup but either he/she encounters
success or he/she encounters failure. These instances prove that luck plays a
crucial role in becoming rich. There is complexity of world which dictates
whether 100% of your actions will result in 100% of your outcomes or not.
Though we study MBA(Commerce) related books and gain
knowledge about finances, but that is not enough without gaining real world
experience.
This blogpost will help you not only in understanding dependence of money on luck, but also developing positive mindset
while dealing with failures.
What is luck?
Luck is more inclined towards psychology than possibility
that means luck is positive attitude that is gateway to new opportunities and
chances in life. It can be perceived as an uncontrollable force that has
influence on events in life. Such is the power of luck that two equally skilled
persons end up differently in their pursuit of their career. In the case of
wealth, luck indicates as to be in right place at the right time, encountering
unanticipated oppurtunities. Famous Hindi film music composer O.P. Nayyar, who
was a strong believer in the “Time” factor; qouted, “Adami ka waqt chalata hai,
adami nahi chalata”. Though some degree of talent is important to become
successful in life, but still these talented people are being overtaken by
mediocre but appreciably lucky individuals.
5 other examples where money is dependent on luck
1.
Four men when they were in their thirties were
adjuring outside a lottery shop in the western port city of Brest. Suddenly a
departing customer gave them a scratch card which was bought for one euro. To
the surprise of four men, the four men discovered that they won 50,000 euros
turning the four beggars into lucky indiciduals.
2.
A 57-year old woman named Glenda Blackwell of
Leister in North Carolina, who wanted to teach her husband a lesson about
wasting money on the lottery ended up becoming lucky by winning a 1$ million on
a lottery ticket.
3.
Deepak Kanakraju’s blog named BikeAdvice, though
became No.1 motorcycle blog in India with 1,00,000+ followers and 1 Million+
page views per month, sold this blog in 2012. Now his Micro Freelancer Program,
along with his new company MicroStartup are running very successfully earning
lots of money.
4.
Bill Gates and Paul Allen, whose Microsoft
became successful, experienced one in a million luck getting ended up at
Lakeside. On the otherside, Kent Evans, who always had the big briefcase, like
a lawyer’s briefcase, died in a mountaineering accident. If this had not occurred,
then Kent could have become a founding partner of Microsoft alongwith Gates and
Allen.
5.
An Australian man whose name was Bill Morgan
(born 1961) won a AU$250,000 scratchcard in May 1999 in front of Nine News
while they were filming his previous AU$30,000 scratchcard win for a news
report.
Qoutes while dealing with failures
Luck and risk are siblings and are so similar that you
cannot believe in one without equally respecting the other. They both occur as
the world is too complex to allow 100% of your actions dictate 100% of your
outcomes. When judging financial success both your own and other’s, it’s never
as good or as bad as it seems. Like this there are other quotes that help you
deal failures, these are:
1.
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets
opportunity”
2.
“Don’t carry your mistakes around with you.
Instead use them as stepping stones to rise above them”.
3.
“Early success is a scam great things take time”.
4.
“No matter how many times I fall, I will still
rise”.
5.
“Your future needs you your past doesn't”.
6.
“One day you will thank yourself for never
giving up”.
7.
“The number one skill in life is not giving up”.
8.
“A man who is a master of patience is master of
everything else”.
9.
“You don't need to wait for permission to
succeed”
10.
“Even if we failed yesterday we can try again
today”.
11.
“My story is not over until I win”
12.
“Be patient. Sometimes you have to go through
the worst to get to the best”
13.
“We fall. We break. We fail. But then, We rise
We heal We overcome”
14.
“A winner is just a loser who tried one more
time”
15.
“Be proud of yourself for how hard you are
trying”
16.
“To appreciate the Sun you gotta know what a
storm is”
17.
“Slow success builds character, fast success
builds ego”.
18.
“You can’t let your failures define you. You
have to let your failures teach you”-Barack Obama
Conclusion
Though luck is held responsible for success(financial),
which can be demoralizing, but with hard work, preparation, and a positive
mindset, we can achieve success. Let opportunity meet your preparation then you
will reach success.
