So you wanna be great?

[Lights]

In western cultures, luck is based on perception of probability. Guys who are luckier are not perceived as better at what they do. People have a tendency to remember positive outcomes, so guys who have more of those positive outcomes are perceived as more lucky. ie, "that guy always seems to luck out with the babes". western culture also preaches that all are created equal. assuming equal effort, the guy who gets more is considered "lucky". it is a demented defense mechanism that was created out of this western idea that all people are created equal.

In eastern culture, you are luckier if you do good things vs. bad things cos bad things tend to come back and sting u in the ass. in this way, luck is based on one's positive efforts.

Quote from FuturesTrader71:


I can tell you that the power of intention IS what causes luck. Luck is not a random event, in my opinion. Luck is where a belief, work and opportunity intersect. This might sound like newage crap to many, but the power of intention has been documented across the ages in religious books, studies, etc.

The bottom line: Hard work without a true intent and a strong belief in the outcome is just a way of passing time without having a direction. The person who works hard with a vision and intent in mind enjoys the process, is happier and is healthier. The guy who sees the work as a grind just to get by will perform more poorly, be more unhappy, be more likely to abuse something and will suffer in his health.

This, I believe, is the link between hard work, luck, who you know, etc. If you don't truly believe in what you are doing, then you will experience less luck/breakthroughs and will have much to complain and be bitter about.

Just my opinion....

 

[Lights]

gates took risks, pissed off alot of people, and won... sorta.

Quote from Bitstream:

gates has partecipated in one of the biggest thefts of his time, as leader and gateway driver...and the money he stole were from his best then pal steve jobs. he didnt invent nuttin'.. he had it easy by re-packagin' aapl icons into windows and there u have it: msft was born at the massive expenses of aapl.

 

[Bitstream]

Quote from Lights:

gates took risks, pissed off alot of people, and won... sorta.

i still wonder how he got away with it and didnt make enough enemies in the meanwhile capable of bringin' him down before he was able to complete his grandtheft plans.

 

[Lights]

if u follow his early career, he was actually perceived as the underdog fighting big blue, large tech corporations. he was the nerd's hero. eventually, he became the guy he was trying to compete against. by that time, it was too late for the world to resist.

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i still wonder how he got away with it and didnt make enough enemies in the meanwhile capable of bringin' him down before he was able to complete his grandtheft plans.

 

[fletch2]

It's hard to believe, but a very significant percentage of the US population works their ass off. Most of them never make it past the lower middle class. Yet they still persist, probably because they read crap like that article every year.

Yes, but they mostly work hard at the wrong things.

Fletch

 

[Bitstream]

Quote from Lights:

if u follow his early career, he was actually perceived as the underdog fighting big blue, large tech corporations. he was the nerd's hero. eventually, he became the guy he was trying to compete against. by that time, it was too late for the world to resist.

yep, u got that right...i mean look at one of gates photos at the time...he was a big-ugly-phat-N E R D. . no wonder people underestimated him, his image didnt really inspire much confidence other than to N E R D S 'emselves, innit.

 

[Lights]

same will probably happen to google. new kid on block becomes the master, and then everyone wants to knock him down. america's great, innit?

Quote from Bitstream:

yep, u got that right...i mean look at one of gates photos at the time...he was a big-ugly-phat-N E R D. . no wonder people underestimated him, his image didnt really inspire much confidence other than to N E R D S 'emselves, innit.

 

[countryBoy]

Quote from FuturesTrader71:

I think a key element of success has been missed here. The key words: Intent and Belief.

Thanks, and a good heads-up for mentioning this. If there is interest by the MB, it would be great to discuss further.

 

[FanOfFridays]

Quote from Lights:

i don't think trading has anything to do with effort. it's more taoist.

I respect your opinion, even though for me it isn't accurate. I had to approach trading the way I approach everything - after careful, in-depth analysis. I didn't place a trade for the first year after I became aware of the fact that the internet was creating a situation in which I could place trades electronically.

Furthermore, I have found that when I tried to trade during times in my life when I had a lot of personal stuff going on, without the time to devote my xx hours per night to analysis with no distractions, my trading suffered.

It goes without saying that I am no savant, in trading or any other pursuit. Maybe you are, to one degree or another, and that's why trading seems effortless to you. For me, there is a direct correlation between the effort I put in and the return I take out.

 

[Lights]

there would be no love without hate, no light without dark, no male without female... no gain without loss.

intervention by human civilization upsets the balances of yin and yang. hence, tho effort may be required, it has to be balanced... one must also take action thru non-action.

Quote from traderNik:

I respect your opinion, even though for me it isn't accurate. I had to approach trading the way I approach everything - after careful, in-depth analysis. I didn't place a trade for the first year after I became aware of the fact that the internet was creating a situation in which I could place trades electronically.

Furthermore, I have found that when I tried to trade during times in my life when I had a lot of personal stuff going on, without the time to devote my xx hours per night to analysis with no distractions, my trading suffered.

It goes without saying that I am no savant, in trading or any other pursuit. Maybe you are, to one degree or another, and that's why trading seems effortless to you. For me, there is a direct correlation between the effort I put in and the return I take out.