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You may also attribute the possession of various types of intelligence to luck and you are done! Richard Wiseman argued quite convincingly that luck is mostly
by eruci 8y ago
You may also attribute the possession of various types of intelligence to luck and you are done!
Richard Wiseman argued quite convincingly that luck is mostly self-made.
http://richardwiseman.com/resources/The_Luck_Factor.pdf http://richardwiseman.com/resources/The_Luck_Factor.pdf
In the famous picture-counting experiment, people were grouped into two categories (those who were considered successful/lucky and those unsuccessful/unlucky) and given the the task of counting the number of pictures in a newspaper.
People in the "lucky/successful" group found the correct number in less than half the time it took people in the "unlucky/unsuccessful" group.
There was a small footnote in the front page of the newspaper: "This paper has 47 pictures."
Guess which group was more likely to notice that.
- grosjona 8y agoIf you specifically select a bunch of successful people and pitch them against a bunch of random people then of course the successful people group will perform better. I'm sure though, that if someone finds a group of successful people (even billionaire level), I can easily find a group of poor/unsuccessful people who will beat them at any specific task. It's no coincidence that people often complain about their boss being an idiot. It's probably true. People don't get into leadership roles because of their talent or intellect - They get lucky; right company, right time.