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How to get lucky? || Acharya Prashant, with youth (2019)
Acharya Prashant
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7 years ago
Luck
Hard work
Thomas Alva Edison
Patience
Labor
Spirituality
Penance
Determination
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that while luck exists, it requires significant hard work and patience to manifest. He uses the example of Thomas Alva Edison, noting that observers might call him lucky if they only see his final successful attempt, ignoring the ten thousand previous failures. He emphasizes that we rarely see the complete picture of the effort behind someone's success. Even if something is gained through pure probability or chance, it will not remain with an individual without the foundation of hard work. One must give luck a chance to arrive by performing the necessary labor; luck demands that you at least 'unbolt the door' to receive it. Acharya Prashant further asserts that luck comes compulsorily to those who do not wait for it. By the sheer dint of labor, one can force luck to appear. He draws parallels from science, sports, and spirituality, citing ancient religious stories where individuals performed penance for years to make God appear. In these stories, God represents luck, and the individual's stubborn determination and austerity force a result. He concludes that waiting for luck leads to being insulted by it, whereas continuous work forces luck to respect and serve the individual.