Do you believe in luck?

Recently i have read the book outliner, and it said that success is not solely based on ability and intelligence.
Alot of it has to do with luck and the circumstances you are in.

I refuse to believe this. I believe that an individual, no matter in how much bad luck he is in, will succeed if he has what it takes, in whatever circumstances.

What about dumb luck— My step dad walks into a bar throws a couple of bucks in a machine and 9/10 walks away with his coins plus a few extra. He does it everytime and very rarely losers. He isnt a big gambler, only putting in up to $ 10 at a time. Some people are lucky like that but it's no maidas touch.


Success is built by somebody that is prepared to put alot of something in at the risk of making it bigger...a belief in oneselves abilities to build something up. Success is not luck but hard work or being prepared to put yourself on the line.

Success favor people who can take advantage of opportunities around him.What is an opportunity, it is not given by luck, but rather from our own effort and hardwork. The ability to reconize an opportunity is also important, and this depends alot on your years of experience and knowledge. If a billionare opportunity fell into someone who has little knowledge of software rather than Bill Gates, I doubt he can recognize that opportunity, even though he may be extremely lucky. I also seen some people who had been through years of shitty experiences and finally emerged successful in life, to say they were lucky in the end does not count.


It is true you cannot control where you are born, but if you take an active effort to seek what you want, you will eventually get there. For instance, even though I was born in a slum family, if I want to acquire knowledge, I can always go to the library. Or if you are born in a warzone that is also ruined by plagues, you can always go and look for foreign aid. You can almost always find a way out of bad luck. Good Luck only happens in the lottery, and even then it may not always be true.

^How do you explain then that some people have more luck than others? (other than the fact that they were born in an affluent family)

A normal and peaceful life does not exist in the capitalist world other than for the ultra rich.
Most of us have to fight for that kind of life one way or another.

We could all sleep in the streets in the moment we stop working.

No Kris, it is not Karma. It is based on what you are doing and what choices you are making.

Yes, I do believe in luck. You've got to be lucky to be good and good to be lucky. Lucky also rhymes with ducky.