Luck plays a big role in cricket, more so in T20 cricket. It can swing a match one way or the other. A weak team, with help from Lady Luck, can defeat a much stronger team on a given day.
However, a team can win a match or two with the help of luck, but never a tournament. Over a tournament, the impact of luck evens out among all the participating teams.
The same is true for life. One can ride one’s luck to be successful at some time. But one cannot be successful because of luck all the time or throughout life. The impact of luck evens out over time and among people. (Atul Rane said it on his last day in Bosch)
There is a rider here, however. We know that “nothing succeeds like success”, or, in other words, success breeds success. Therefore, early success achieved through luck can have a long-term impact. Yet, one would need other qualities to ride on that early success.
Another relevant point - sometimes the march of history brings luck to some people. For example, the IT revolution made many mediocre engineers successful and rich, and IPL brought unexpected riches to many mediocre cricketers.
However, a team can win a match or two with the help of luck, but never a tournament. Over a tournament, the impact of luck evens out among all the participating teams.
The same is true for life. One can ride one’s luck to be successful at some time. But one cannot be successful because of luck all the time or throughout life. The impact of luck evens out over time and among people. (Atul Rane said it on his last day in Bosch)
There is a rider here, however. We know that “nothing succeeds like success”, or, in other words, success breeds success. Therefore, early success achieved through luck can have a long-term impact. Yet, one would need other qualities to ride on that early success.
Another relevant point - sometimes the march of history brings luck to some people. For example, the IT revolution made many mediocre engineers successful and rich, and IPL brought unexpected riches to many mediocre cricketers.
(RKP)
Technology leaps have consequences - there are winners and there are losers.
- From a MOOC
