In my online travels, I came across an argument about whether success in film is primarily luck or perseverance... Notions like the nature of talent were being bandied about, and the gist of it all was that there are those who believe whether or nor you succeed is an issue beyond your control.
I see talent as just one of the components of luck - perseverance is another. Luck is the combination of opportunity and preparation.
Talent factors in under opportunity, right? Diligence factors in under preparation. Don't mistake luck for chance. Luck absolutely plays into success. By creating our own luck, we leave chance out of the equation.
Cultivate the kind of moist, dark environment that success can't say no to, and she'll sneak in and lay eggs all over it.
While the specific eddies and currents we get caught up in on Glory River are completely a matter of circumstance, the overall idea that success is based on chance is a fairy tale, and a popular one.
Know why it's so popular?
For one, it gives those who don't have the motivation or commitment to find success the anesthetic of knowing that failure has nothing to do with their own choices, and everything to do with a world that never gave them a chance.
Here's the bottom line: Nobody I know who is successful believes that success is based on chance. Everyone who I know is broke believes it is. Of course, you can argue that the successful people want to believe they earned it, and that the broke people all have it right.
Even if that's the case, it seems a pretty hefty price to pay for being right! Doncha think?
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