> Americanism ( which also spreads to non-Americans working inside American companies ) views on the world suggest if you work hard you will get it.
America is a big place. I'm seventh generation American, with a patriotic family.
I wasn't raised to believe that if you work hard you WILL get it. No, it's that if you DON'T work hard, you WON'T get it.
You see, success is hard work + luck. You can have luck without hard work, but you have to have a lot more of it to get rich and you still might squander it if you didn't earn it because you won't know what to do with it if you get it by pure chance
You can have hard work without luck, too, like most of the folks in flyover country have. They know they aren't getting rich, they're just trying to get by.
But you can't have real success without both hard work and luck. You might win the lottery with just luck, but you won't wind up running a successful enterprise.
I don't know who is learning from their parents that if you work hard you'll get rich. Mine taught me that if I work hard and have a little luck, I'll get by. A little more luck and I'll be successful. A little less, and I might need to rely on my family or community. That's what they're for.
There's this characiture of American culture and the idea of our meritocracy that I see represented here and in media and it doesn't ring true to me -- I would be interested to know if the people who think luck is the only necessary component for success are Coastal or Flyover, and how much luck they've had
I know for myself, I've needed both work and luck. Without the work, I never would've been in a position to take the opportunities offered by luck.
America is a big place. I'm seventh generation American, with a patriotic family.
I wasn't raised to believe that if you work hard you WILL get it. No, it's that if you DON'T work hard, you WON'T get it.
You see, success is hard work + luck. You can have luck without hard work, but you have to have a lot more of it to get rich and you still might squander it if you didn't earn it because you won't know what to do with it if you get it by pure chance
You can have hard work without luck, too, like most of the folks in flyover country have. They know they aren't getting rich, they're just trying to get by.
But you can't have real success without both hard work and luck. You might win the lottery with just luck, but you won't wind up running a successful enterprise.
I don't know who is learning from their parents that if you work hard you'll get rich. Mine taught me that if I work hard and have a little luck, I'll get by. A little more luck and I'll be successful. A little less, and I might need to rely on my family or community. That's what they're for.
There's this characiture of American culture and the idea of our meritocracy that I see represented here and in media and it doesn't ring true to me -- I would be interested to know if the people who think luck is the only necessary component for success are Coastal or Flyover, and how much luck they've had
I know for myself, I've needed both work and luck. Without the work, I never would've been in a position to take the opportunities offered by luck.