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Would you rather be lucky or good?

Posted by on 03/27/08 at 07:37 PM (Discuss this in the forums)

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Posted by on 03/27/08 at 08:54 PM from

Napoleon once said that he would prefer to have one lucky general instead of two clever ones. He considered luck to be one’s ability to exploit accidents. Considering that, I would rather be lucky than just good.

Posted by on 03/27/08 at 09:00 PM from

Totally. Luck trumps talent over and over. Talent is in it’s basement while luck finds the hundred dollar bill.

Posted by West Virginia Rebel on 03/27/08 at 10:34 PM from

Look at it this way: Rumsfeld was “Good”.

Need I say more?

A lucky person can sieze an opportunity and run with it. A good person, no matter how smart they may be, is often an idea person at their best, not necessarily a person of action.

Posted by Loud on 03/28/08 at 12:13 AM from

I tend to have horrible luck, so I try to get as good as I can at what I do. Otherwise I’m screwed.

Posted by Ed Kline on 03/28/08 at 03:49 AM from

I live in Las Vegas ansd play poker for a living supporting a wife and six kids. Id rather be good, which, I am.

Posted by Ed Kline on 03/28/08 at 03:50 AM from

Totally. Luck trumps talent over and over.

The law of large numbers says you’re wrong about that.

Posted by dwex on 03/28/08 at 06:10 AM from

I live in Las Vegas ansd play poker for a living supporting a wife and six kids. Id rather be good, which, I am.

Is Phil Hellmuth really that much of a dick, or does he just play it up for television?

Posted by on 03/28/08 at 07:42 AM from

Being good is something you have some control over. Luck, not so much.

Posted by Ed Kline on 03/28/08 at 07:55 AM from

Is Phil Hellmuth really that much of a dick, or does he just play it up for television?

Dont know him personally, but his reputation outside of the poker table ( especially on tv), is that he is a great guy and very easy going. He is also in my opinion the greatest hold-em player ever.

Posted by on 03/28/08 at 08:01 AM from

When you are good you don’t need luck.

Luck is fickle....

Posted by on 03/28/08 at 09:06 AM from

Did you see Match Point recently? That movie makes a good case for luck.

Posted by on 03/28/08 at 11:28 AM from

Being good is something you have some control over. Luck, not so much.

Nobody is really in control of their lives, when you get down to it.

Posted by on 03/28/08 at 05:12 PM from

Did you see Match Point recently? That movie makes a good case for luck.

My company makes a HUGE case for luck.

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