Anyone else feel massively stupid after learning self development?

[Gore66]

Luck plays a major role in success but you can still make it. Because In the end results are all that matter in this life. Yeah that rich kid got it easy but he still has a Mercedes and you don't. Though when you get it you have the habits built in to get it. If he loses it he's screwed.

Luck plays no major role in success. Its work and dedication you put in. People get "lucky" when they know more about their field, and can execute ideas

 

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[Phoenix Leo]

Luck plays no major role in success. Its work and dedication you put in. People get "lucky" when they know more about their field, and can execute ideas

Or, as one of our skiing legends put it:

"I know nothing about luck. Only that the more I train, the more lucky I am." - Ingemar Stenmark

 

[Andreas Thiel]

Luck plays no major role in success. Its work and dedication you put in. People get "lucky" when they know more about their field, and can execute ideas

I keep reading that, but I call BS.

I want to see scientific evidence of that. Can somebody point out links to studies? The only scientific study that I know of is about artists and the role that networking plays in their level of success. Are skills without exceptional networking worth anything? I have not seen any evidence so far. Spare me with anecdotal evidence ... I can counter that with countless examples that disprove the quote.

Same with "So Good They Can't Ignore You" ... the book that makes the strongest case that skills matter. In all the anectdotes the networking moves and relationships seem to make all the difference. I think Smartcuts gets it right ... and it talks about the waves that people can ride and how lucky people were that those waves were around which fit their skillset.

 

[Lyinx]

I keep reading that, but I call BS.

I want to see scientific evidence of that. Can somebody point out links to studies? The only scientific study that I know of is about artists and the role that networking plays in their level of success. Are skills without exceptional networking worth anything? I have not seen any evidence so far. Spare me with anecdotal evidence ... I can counter that with countless examples that disprove the quote.

Same with "So Good They Can't Ignore You" ... the book that makes the strongest case that skills matter. In all the anectdotes the networking moves and relationships seem to make all the difference. I think Smartcuts gets it right ... and it talks about the waves that people can ride and how lucky people were that those waves were around which fit their skillset.

IMO, that's some very good observations there, and I would refine it further:
Skillset+right place+right network+action=huge results.

No skillset? No huge results
No right place? No huge results
No network? No huge results
No action? No results

Being lucky would mean (IMO) a homeless bum with no experience, finding a winning lottery ticket.

Anything that involves a skillset can have a small degree of "luck", but the better you are, the "luckier" you become.

 

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[Roark666]

IMO, that's some very good observations there, and I would refine it further:
Skillset+right place+right network+action=huge results.

No skillset? No huge results
No right place? No huge results
No network? No huge results
No action? No results

Being lucky would mean (IMO) a homeless bum with no experience, finding a winning lottery ticket.

Anything that involves a skillset can have a small degree of "luck", but the better you are, the "luckier" you become.

This is a deep topic that involves work ethic, motivation, gratitude, being raised well. Not as simple as luck or no luck