Comments on: Luck, Randomness and Success http://paraschopra.com/blog/personal/luck-randomness-and-success.htm?nucrss=1 business + science + philosophy + technology Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:32:40 +0530 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sushant http://paraschopra.com/blog/personal/luck-randomness-and-success.htm/comment-page-1#comment-779 Sushant Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:32:43 +0000 http://paraschopra.com/blog/?p=401#comment-779 I agree with Nash. Success is A AND B. A are controllable ingredients, B are not. They both must be present for success to follow. It makes sense to keep working harder and smarter, to better our A. B may be a factor, but as a factor it can be ignored, and must be ignored. Because you anyway cannot do a thing about it. I agree with Nash. Success is A AND B. A are controllable ingredients, B are not. They both must be present for success to follow. It makes sense to keep working harder and smarter, to better our A. B may be a factor, but as a factor it can be ignored, and must be ignored. Because you anyway cannot do a thing about it.

]]> By: Nash http://paraschopra.com/blog/personal/luck-randomness-and-success.htm/comment-page-1#comment-773 Nash Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:52:17 +0000 http://paraschopra.com/blog/?p=401#comment-773 "if you never get success, don’t blame it on you, blame it on lady luck!" Not necessarily true. The whole point of this post seemed to be that there are factors which one controls and factors which one cannot. Success is a result of both, so it is possible that one is responsible for one's own failures - even if it is not apparent to the person how it might be so. “if you never get success, don’t blame it on you, blame it on lady luck!”

Not necessarily true. The whole point of this post seemed to be that there are factors which one controls and factors which one cannot. Success is a result of both, so it is possible that one is responsible for one’s own failures – even if it is not apparent to the person how it might be so.

]]> By: Varun http://paraschopra.com/blog/personal/luck-randomness-and-success.htm/comment-page-1#comment-772 Varun Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:28:36 +0000 http://paraschopra.com/blog/?p=401#comment-772 "Apart from the usual stuff, there are a million other things which influence success. After a minimum quantity of basic ingredients: networking, hard work, skills, you should leave it on randomness to get you success. Don’t obsess over it. Just be ready with basic ingredients and expose yourself to randomness. Given enough time, success should follow." Interesting, that you reach the same conclusion as that of Gita: Do work, dont worry about success! The famous "karmane vaadikaraste..." It is funny when different ways of thinking lead to the same conclusion! both secular and spiritual... PS: An 'Alchemist', 'Vivekananda', 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' would offer a different perspective, though not contradictory + leading to the same final conclusion. And if conclusion remains the same, why worry, in the pragmatic or practical sense! Varun “Apart from the usual stuff, there are a million other things which influence success. After a minimum quantity of basic ingredients: networking, hard work, skills, you should leave it on randomness to get you success. Don’t obsess over it. Just be ready with basic ingredients and expose yourself to randomness. Given enough time, success should follow.”

Interesting, that you reach the same conclusion as that of Gita: Do work, dont worry about success! The famous “karmane vaadikaraste…”

It is funny when different ways of thinking lead to the same conclusion! both secular and spiritual…

PS: An ‘Alchemist’, ‘Vivekananda’, ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull’ would offer a different perspective, though not contradictory + leading to the same final conclusion. And if conclusion remains the same, why worry, in the pragmatic or practical sense!

Varun

]]> By: Saurabh Garg http://paraschopra.com/blog/personal/luck-randomness-and-success.htm/comment-page-1#comment-771 Saurabh Garg Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:42:01 +0000 http://paraschopra.com/blog/?p=401#comment-771 I think you should read Outliers from Gladwell. It talks about something similar. I think you should read Outliers from Gladwell. It talks about something similar.

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