There are different types of people with different attitudes and believes, but the worst is to have what I chose to call "Fatalistic Attitude".
People with fatalistic attitudes attribute success and failure to Luck. They accept the predestined future written in their horoscope or stars.
They believe that regardless of their effort, what ever has to happen will happen. Hence they never put in any effort and complacency becomes a way of life. They wait for things to happen rather than making them happen. Success is a matter of Luck, ask any failure.
EFFORT DOES IT
This is a story of a man who bought a racehorse and put him in a barn with a big sign. " The fastest horse in the world". The owner didn't exercise the horse nor train it to keep it in good shape. He entered the horse in a race and it came last. The owner quickly changed the sign to "The fastest world for the horse". By inaction or not doing what should be done, people fail and they blame luck.
Life without vision, courage and depth is simply a blind experience. Small, lazy and weak minds always take the easiest way, the path of least resistance.
Athletes train for 15yrs for 15 seconds of performance, ask them if they got lucky. Ask an athlete how he feels after a good workout, he will tell you that he feels spent. If he doesn't feel that way, it means he hasn't worked out to his maximum ability.
Losers think life is unfair, they only think of their bad breaks, they don't consider that the person who is prepared and playing well still got the same bad breaks but overcame them, that is the difference. The winner's threshold for tolerating pain becomes higher because in the end he is not training just for the game as for his character. If you want to fail, believe in LUCK. If you want succeed, believe in the principle of cause and effect, and you will create your own
"LUCK" as Samuel Goldwyn said "The harder I work, the luckier I get.
SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE JUST UNLUCKY
This breads a fatalistic attitude. People who get involved halfheartedly say things like:
★. I will give it a try
★. I will see if it works
★. I will give it a shot
★. I have nothing to lose
★. I haven't put much into it anyway.
If you think like this, you'll be sure to fail because you'll have no dedication or determination. This thinking patterns shows a lack of courage, commitment and confidence. Attempting halfheartedly is like expecting failure and achieving it.
Jesus prepared for 30yrs for a ministry of 3 and half years. My dear there is nothing like Luck only consistent EFFORT DOES IT.