Success may come from someone’s hard work, but it could be from chance or luck as well. Being a hard working person is certainly a major factor of success, but without proper chance or luck, he might not be able to utilize his skills to full potential. So, my idea of becoming successful person involves a hard working person who is prepared to take on visiting opportunities.
Being a hard working person increases the chance of becoming a successful person. Although it differs from person to person, luck does come to each individual as an opportunity. Some might have more than others, but it is for certain that only hard working and prepared person can seize the opportunity and claim it as theirs. If luck has nothing to do with success, two people with same degree of hard work should be rewarded same but we do see some people get awarded more than the others simply because they had better assignment or people to work with. Even though I said being a hard working person is crucial for success, there are some successful people out there making tons of money without real efforts.
Sometimes, all it takes to be successful is luck. Many of college graduates these days suffer from depression and unemployment. One of my friends who graduated from renowned university is out of job ever since he graduated. Can anyone blame him for not working hard? No, he certainly tried hard for a job, an opportunity, but still he struggles. But we do see from newspapers that there are some people out there making millions of dollars from lucky investments and bets. Did they work hard just as my friend or were they simply lucky? Maybe they did, but I think not. Although measuring one’s success based on money is not accurate, but it gives some visible outline for one’s performance because hard working people tend to make more money than the others.
It is my belief that hard working people will have better chance to turn opportunity into success, but I don’t disregard the fact that lucky people still exist. So, I believe luck does play significant role in one’s success, and trusts on diligence as the main skill to grab the opportunity.