What role does luck play in your life? | Barry Schwartz

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Chance plays a far bigger role in life than we're willing to admit, says psychologist Barry Schwartz. Of course, working hard and following the rules can get you far — but the rest could boil down to simple good fortune. Schwartz examines the overlooked link between luck, merit and success, offering an intriguing solution to equalize opportunity — starting with college admissions.

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18 Comments on What role does luck play in your life? | Barry Schwartz

  1. “There are an awful lot of good people and some of them are not gonna make it.” Yup. Whenever I hear someone say people get what they deserve I get sad for humanity.

  2. Now do one on individual responsibility and the dangers of living a life beliving that you aren’t responsible for your actions TED

  3. If its not quantifiable, then it doesn’t exist in order for you to preform a experimentation let alone replicating such experiment.

  4. Yes, we have the power to control our reality. When we believe we can achieve, we really can. I wish my teachers taught me how to believe in my self when I was during my school time. But yes, even now it’s never too late to believe in ourselve, that we deaerves the best. Have a blissful day to you all.

  5. Depends part and parcel to which Country and/or family you are born into, and your own personal struggles to work hard to get ahead, n’est pas?

  6. I’ve had a lot of bad luck in my life.
    I think bad luck is God’s way of testing you to see how you handle the speed bumps in your life.

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