Comments on: Luck Favors the Prepared http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/09/14/luck-favors-the-prepared/ Conversations on Marketing and Social Media Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:49:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ricardo Bueno http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/09/14/luck-favors-the-prepared/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Ricardo Bueno Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:49:03 +0000 http://jackieadkins.wordpress.com/?p=429#comment-171 Re: "Well, they’ll probably be waiting for quite a while…" Wait too long and all of life will have passed by :-/ Re: “Well, they’ll probably be waiting for quite a while…”

Wait too long and all of life will have passed by :-/

]]> By: Jackie Adkins http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/09/14/luck-favors-the-prepared/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Jackie Adkins Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:53:24 +0000 http://jackieadkins.wordpress.com/?p=429#comment-172 I'm with you man, I definitely think that if you put in the work beforehand, you're going to catch some breaks in the future. Hey Ricardo thanks for stopping by and commenting! Unfortunately, I think many people don't realize this and are sitting around waiting for luck to sneak up on them. Well, they'll probably be waiting for quite a while... I’m with you man, I definitely think that if you put in the work beforehand, you’re going to catch some breaks in the future. Hey Ricardo thanks for stopping by and commenting! Unfortunately, I think many people don’t realize this and are sitting around waiting for luck to sneak up on them. Well, they’ll probably be waiting for quite a while…

]]> By: Ricardo Bueno http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/09/14/luck-favors-the-prepared/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Ricardo Bueno Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:11:05 +0000 http://jackieadkins.wordpress.com/?p=429#comment-173 Ever heard the saying: "The harder you work, the luckier you get." Well heck, I don't know if it's a saying or whatever...but I like it and I certainly feel that way. I work hard to create opportunities and most often times, it seems like things fall right into place. Call it luck, call it preparation, whatever it is, it's great. Ever heard the saying: “The harder you work, the luckier you get.”

Well heck, I don’t know if it’s a saying or whatever…but I like it and I certainly feel that way. I work hard to create opportunities and most often times, it seems like things fall right into place. Call it luck, call it preparation, whatever it is, it’s great.

]]> By: Elisa http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/09/14/luck-favors-the-prepared/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Elisa Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:37:40 +0000 http://jackieadkins.wordpress.com/?p=429#comment-174 I wonder if we, as the outside observer, would notice all these "lucky moves" if people didn't take advantage of them. Sure there's the obvious tipped football or something like that, but how many things might pass right by us because NO ONE makes the most of them. I wonder if we, as the outside observer, would notice all these “lucky moves” if people didn’t take advantage of them. Sure there’s the obvious tipped football or something like that, but how many things might pass right by us because NO ONE makes the most of them.

]]> By: Jackie Adkins http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/09/14/luck-favors-the-prepared/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Jackie Adkins Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:30:16 +0000 http://jackieadkins.wordpress.com/?p=429#comment-176 Yes I definitely think that people who have put in the work beforehand are much better prepared to both recognize these lucky moves and make the most of them (this second part is the big differentiator I think). If a company has been doing nothing but chilling for 6 months, you can't expect them to go all out when a new opportunity comes around. Thanks for commenting! Yes I definitely think that people who have put in the work beforehand are much better prepared to both recognize these lucky moves and make the most of them (this second part is the big differentiator I think). If a company has been doing nothing but chilling for 6 months, you can’t expect them to go all out when a new opportunity comes around. Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: Elisa http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/09/14/luck-favors-the-prepared/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Elisa Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:00:10 +0000 http://jackieadkins.wordpress.com/?p=429#comment-175 Do you think you maybe notice the "lucky" moves more when people are prepared and perceptive and thus able to take advantage of them? Do you think you maybe notice the “lucky” moves more when people are prepared and perceptive and thus able to take advantage of them?

]]> By: Jackie Adkins http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/09/14/luck-favors-the-prepared/comment-page-/#comment-178 Jackie Adkins Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:08:08 +0000 http://jackieadkins.wordpress.com/?p=429#comment-178 Nice nugget of wisdom there, Ryan...note taken! Nice nugget of wisdom there, Ryan…note taken!

]]> By: Ryan Stephens http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/09/14/luck-favors-the-prepared/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Ryan Stephens Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:20:18 +0000 http://jackieadkins.wordpress.com/?p=429#comment-177 I don't think there's any doubt this is true. All my life the guys that spent more time hitting the cage seemed to get the lucky bounces. It's no coincidence. I know a number of people have said this, but attribute it to one of my favorite Stoic philosophers, "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." My grandfather always used to say he'd rather have a barrel of luck, than a bucket of skill. Write that down. R I don’t think there’s any doubt this is true. All my life the guys that spent more time hitting the cage seemed to get the lucky bounces. It’s no coincidence. I know a number of people have said this, but attribute it to one of my favorite Stoic philosophers, “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

My grandfather always used to say he’d rather have a barrel of luck, than a bucket of skill. Write that down.

R

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