My 10 year old asked how to be good at things. I told him that how good people were at something depended on: (a) natural ability, (b) practice, and (c) how into it they were.
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(d) luck
Luck is important, but it's a component of your performance at x, not of how good you are at x.
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Yeah but at the fundamental level of course that is also luck..
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That’s the natural ability bucket.
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Probably the most overlooked factor. Thanks for pointing it out.
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It seems you need to unpack "being good at" - you can be the best x in the world, but if you're not recognized for it, it basically doesn't matter.
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I disagree, for example you can have luck in finding a mentor, or luck in being recognized which helps you get more into it, or luck in having a billionaire parent so you don't have to spend your days washing dishes to pay the rent.
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Having an environment which facilitates learning (good teacher, learning materials, ability to experiment, etc.) certainly does help. Since these circumstances often do not depend on individual they might be described as 'luck'.
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This. The individual’s environment could be just as important as the 3 factors he listed. Thank you for pointing this out, as this is something most privilege-unaware people forget.
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Aren’t you lucky if you’re naturally good at something?
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LUCK is Not a separate category LUCK is a direct byproduct of A,B, & C When people say you are lucky it is because they don't realize the amount of A,B,& C you have put into what you are doing
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Luck isn’t a byproduct. There’s a reason poverty is cyclical, and it has nothing to do with a, b or c. Do you think people in poverty are less naturally talented, generally speaking? Do you think they don’t work hard? Do you think they lack passion for things?
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