Does Luck Only Occur By Chance ?
Work Hard
Does Luck Only Occur By Chance ?
The best of everything they have .” By counting our blessings , we can feel good and lucky even if things do not work out the way we had hoped . When we feel good about our situation we are apt to be bolder with our endeavours and thus more likely to succeed . For instance , I was greatly disappointed when I was not accepted as an undergraduate to a university near my childhood home in northern California . I ended up going to my
hood home in northern California . I ended up going to my second-choice college , which was the University of California , San Diego . This turned out to be a marvellous occurrence as I discovered the magic of this university , the city of San Diego , and the charms of southern California , which otherwise I would likely never have encountered .
I counsel my patients who are applying to college that usually there is much for which they can be grateful at whatever col‐ lege they end up attending . I explain that the key to doing well is to invest significant effort in both the academic and non-academic aspects of college .
You can learn to develop a grateful attitude for everyday things that you might otherwise take for granted . Many of us can be grateful for a roof over our heads , food , our senses , the ability to use our hands and feet , sunshine when we are down , a smile from a friend , sweet fruit at the grocery store , and the wonders of nature . Some of us are not fortunate enough to have all these aspects in our lives , but most of us have at least some things for which to be grateful .
Work Hard
High school basketball coach Tim Notke said , “ Hard work beats talent , when talent does not work hard .” Inventor Thomas Edison said , “ Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration .” Hard work is the cornerstone of “ luck .” I recall a middle school student whom I tutored years ago . She had a very dif‐ ficult time reading because of her dyslexia . Nonetheless , she persevered .
She read aloud to me on many occasions , and I had to correct her reading repeatedly , as compared to other kids who rect her reading repeatedly , as compared to other kids who picked up reading much more easily in elementary school . Because of her hard work , when it came to her final English class project that involved reading and writing a critical analy‐ sis , she received the best grade in her class .