There are things you can’t control in Life! – II

Talent

Some people are just born with a predisposition for certain things. Good for them! That’s their advantage in life.

If you were born with a particular talent, it is up to you to find ways to maximize the impact you can have with said talent. Although you cannot control if you were born with a good voice or not, you can definitely control how much time you put into perfecting the craft.

Please remember:

“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard enough.”

 

Luck

Luck in its purest form means you getting a better hand when it comes to the things you can’t control. For example, you get lucky if you’re born in a developed country, during the early stages of the internet, with parents who are not actively trying to bring you down.

Basically, luck is when any of the items mentioned on this list work in your favor despite you not being able to affect them in any way.

This is not to be confused with “creating your own luck” which means taking the necessary actions to position yourself so that you can take full advantages of strategic opportunities.

That’s not luck, that’s just being smart about life. While true luck is out of your control, the other type is something you create.

You know what they say: “The harder I work, the luckier I get!”

This is one of the many differences between those who succeed in life and those you fail.

 

Change

It doesn’t matter if you like it or not, change is happening. New ideas overtake old ideas as the world keeps moving forward.

The last thing you want to do is cling to old concepts just because they suited you better when you were coming up or you’re just simply too scared to embrace change.

The greatest example of this century lies in the human rights issues. Most developed countries have figured out how to embrace it, while countries stuck in the past still look at gay people as sinners. It’s your call if you want to live in the future, or you are just too scared to break down the walls of old ideas. Same goes for self-driving electric cars, women’s rights, discrimination based on the color of your skin and more.

The world is moving to an efficient future where it matters less how you were born and instead we want to know how much value you can really put out there.