A lot of people have different opinions about the effect of luck in someone's success. Considering some people who were born in rich family and who has a great deal of money by winning lottery, I strongly believe that the statement above is not totally true.
First of all, actually, a fact that which place we were born at is the most influential thing in the rest of our lives. Some people were born in a family with a big wealth, some were not. The reason why this fact is so important in success is that we can receive a better education and may have more relaxed mind than the others. If some family struggles to sustain a day-to-day life, the parents of the family will do not have time to care their children and even the kids won't be able to concentrate on their study. That means there are more chances for children in rich family to improve themselves and have good educations which may help them to succeed.
Furthermore, there are kinds of people who have a huge amount of money by winning lottery. It is evident that winning a lottery totally depends on luck. Although earning a big money can not be a requisite of success, there are some people whose life-long goal is getting a lot of money. To take personal experience, a friend of mine won a lottery 3 years ago. What he did before earning the money was nothing but buying lotteries 3 times a week. He had always dreamed being a owner of big buildings in city and enjoy his life by only doing what he likes, traveling. So, he succeeds at least in his point of view.
In a nut shell, as shown above, there are many cases that somebody succeeds without hard work. Therefore, for success, we need not only full of effort, but also some of luck. |