In conversation with two close friends, while discussing the course BySide and the success factors of the project, both mentioned that between everything, in 2 or 3 key moments, was important luck.
I am always shocked when I hear the reference to the “lucky factor” since my pragmatism and rationalism prevents me from even considering luck or bad luck as responsible for what we get (maybe this justifies never entering games of luck).
How many times in the most critical moments do important things happen to us? Lucky? Or just the extra effort and focus on making it happen?
If after eight or more months of work and persistence, we have reached a goal, we simply achieve a goal; if you want to: execute. Luck cannot be considered responsible. Otherwise, everything would be justifiable with luck and/or bad luck (the current economic crisis would have been a great misfortune, the result of also the gigantic misfortune of subprime in the USA).
Imagine the simple crossing of a street. Objective: to get to the other side. After looking both ways, we wait for the right moment, we cross. Halfway through to let a speeding car pass. Let's move on. We've reached the other side. Lucky? Or did we just... achieve the goal?
Lucky, it would be to close your eyes, run to the other side without seeing and achieving! But even then, I don't call it luck. I call it stupid.