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Originally Posted by shovelquest
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To put it in EQ terms, I think life is like everquest.
You /random on COF's all the time, but never win one. Then some dude shows up after playing for 3 months and wins one and next thing you know he's like BIS in your guild, but is also a total retard.
You say, "I have bad luck on randoms" and someone who also has bad luck on randoms is like, "It's not luck, here's the study that proves it."
And I grit my teeth and nod.
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In most things, I think the old saying holds true: luck is when preparation meets opportunity
Now obviously this doesn’t apply as much to a completely luck-based event, like the pull of a slot machine (or I can’t really say pull anymore since it’s all buttons now lol. The push of a slot machine button). You didn’t really prepare anything other than your bet, that is completely a luck based outcome
But say meeting a girl that could turn into a future relationship. Preparation would be putting oneself together, having one’s shit in order in life, and on a more micro and less macro level, having groomed oneself to an acceptable standard that day…
…you meet the girl. You feel confident because you have prepared in a good life position, you feel confident because you groomed yourself that day. And so you ask her out. Or she asks you out. Or you guys have to talk for some reason and eventually it comes up in some way going out on a date
That opportunity required prep to succeed, most likely. Had you been miserable, un-hygienic, etc, a girl of the standards you would actually want would reject you
Could do the same scenario for a new job opportunity and a million other things. Even a windfall such as inheriting some huge sum of money requires the prep of paying attention to that. For example, what if the summons to civil court to claim the money came in the mail and an unprepared person threw it away?
So this is why I like to hold to that saying