Success: Hardwork or Luck?

Success: It is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with it… Unfortunately it has!

I would like to ask you all, is hard work one of the most important factors when one succeeds? My take- Hard work is not the only key to an individual’s success. However, although one’s effort plays an important role in one’s success, luck is also a very crucial element. The statement that luck has nothing to do with success is not true. In fact, we can see the influence of luck everywhere in our lives.

The obvious influence of luck on people’s success is whether they can meet the good guiders who are helpful in every stage of life. A good guider can help people in getting achievements. In school, the guiders are our teachers. We can benefit a lot from a good teacher, such as knowledge, virtue and custom. When we go to work, the guiders may be our bosses or our colleagues. We can also benefit from a good boss or colleague, like working experience and professional knowledge. Without these good guiders, people need longer time to succeed. 

There are many examples around us but finally, in many cases, luck itself decides the result of matters. We can see this very clearly from a blackjack game. It is very common that a smart person loses to a normal person. Although the smart one has the capacity to win and has taken efforts, it may lose only because of bad luck.

As a conclusion luck is also a very influential factor in one’s success just as hard work is. It not only decides our background of family and the people we meet but also decides the result of some matters directly. People cannot have gain, success etc. without good luck.

- Rohit Rajpal