Hard Work Doesn’t Make You Lucky
Have you ever heard this saying, “The harder I work, the luckier I get”?
That sounds good. It sounds true. But it is not. I bet you heard it from some successful people. And just because someone is successful doesn’t mean they know how they got successful.
You don’t get lucky because of how hard you work. You get lucky based on where you are working from. Let me explain.
Where All the Luck Is
Imagine two people starting a hedge fund. One is from a wealthy family in New York. The other is from a humble family background based in Bangkok. Who do you think would be luckier?
The New York guy has to be really, really unfortunate to screw up so badly to become unlucky. Meanwhile, the guy in Bangkok has to have some over-the-top incredible run of (almost impossible) success to get anywhere close to the New Yorker.
Now, let’s flip the script…
The same two people. But now, their ambition is to become a proper Thai chef. The guy in Bangkok, Thailand has a reasonable chance of beating the New Yorker at this.
Can you see the thing with hard work and luck now?
