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I once heard a tale of a famous soccer player named Zico. Never figured it out if it was true or not, but I thought it was an interesting tale. Basically goes like this:

On on particular soccer match Zico kicks off from the middle of the field, the ball barely hits the goal post and bounces back inside. It’s a goal and the crowd roars. After the match a reporter interviews Zico:

“Zico! That was one lucky shot mate, talk about luck! You kicked off and it luckly got inside! How do you feel?”

Zico replied :

“Well you know it’s interesting. The more I train the luckier people say I get”.

I think it’s a funny story and holds a very deep morale.

You see I think “luck” is an interesting concept but merely abstract. There’s luck in winning the lottery and then there’s luck in managing to get that one job position or meeting that one person that allows you to get in a big project. But to get such a “lucky chance” you obviously had to work a lot to even be able to have such an opportunity. And even if you don’t succeed once, if you keep working, eventually you’ll get another “lucky chance”.

Deep down, I think that lady luck tends to favor those who keep trying.