Chance still counts when you win

Last summer, I wrote about how luck and chance are two different things.

Chance is out of our control.

Luck includes a degree of chance, but also is affected by our curiosity and hard work.

When something goes wrong, it’s easy to blame chance for it — and you might be right! If you can learn a lesson from those times, it can be very helpful, but chance may indeed have played a big part.

However, the same is also true when something goes very well. I would hope that your skill and knowledge played a role, but you need to account for chance that might have gone in your favor.

A silly example is this woman that bowled a strike. What part did chance play in making that happen?

I think it’s safe to say that while she literally bowled a strike, she can recognize that her skill was merely a tiny piece of why it worked.

Nietzsche said it best when he simply said “ No victor believes in chance. “

I think that statement is generally true, but if you can fight against that desire you can learn more valuable lessons to help make your next effort even more successful.

Originally published at https://www.mickmel.com on April 29, 2022.