Monday, May 18, 2009

Better to be lucky than good

This saying offends many people because it seemingly takes skill out of the equation. I disagree because of a definition I heard of being lucky:

Luck is when opportunity meets skill.

Show me a true card player who consistently wins who doesn't understand the game. There is an element where they have to get the right cards to win but they rely on skill to play those cards right. A person who lands an account has to have opportunity to present and the environment has to be right to close the sale but they have to have skill to close it.

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