Poll: Who Is Right?

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
You can work extremely hard, 24/7, as toiler cleaner, and you still won't make half the money a doctor makes. If you have a sh!tload of luck success may just drop into your lap, like winning the lottery, but else you at least need something to base it on.

Yes, that's true. Hard wark must be combined with ambition and risk to become successful.

Luck is meaningless. It doesn't exist.

If you buy a lottery ticket and win $25M, is that hard work or ambition according to you?
Luck does exist.

That's not luck. You happened to have the right combo of numbers. But there is no such thing as "luck."

"Luck" implies some kind of supernatural force.

Main Entry: [1]luck
Pronunciation: 'l&k
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English lucke, from Middle Dutch luc; akin to Middle High German gelücke luck
Date: 15th century
a force that brings good fortune or adversity

Well, if you think "luck" is a thing or entity, I agree. OTOH, "luck" can be a rare fortunate coincidence, such as your lottery example.

 

[Infos]

Bill Gates was also extremely lucky to be in the right place at the right time
He sure leveraged the hell out of that DOS that he didn't even create 😉
This is an element of luck- being in the right place at the right time 😉

 

[spaceman]

Old Money helps bigtime.
edit:and who you may or may not know is also a factor.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

howabout all of the above?

 

[BMdoobieW]

hard work