Тёмный
No video :(

The reality of Luck | Bruce Walker | TEDxEdinburghNapierUniversity 

TEDx Talks
Подписаться 41 млн
Просмотров 58 тыс.
50% 1

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. How lucky are you? Do you believe in Luck? Bruce Walker shares his experience as a young entrepreneur and the significance of Luck in everyday life.
Bruce Walker is the twenty year old founder of the Edinburgh based youth movement We Are The Future. Bruce created We Are The Future as a Social Enterprise when at school to encourage young people to consider starting their own business as an alternate to a traditional career.
From this original idea WATF has grown into a global organisation, who through partnerships have put on conferences across Europe, US and UAE, to Inspire and support entrepreneurs.
Bruce has completely flipped the traditional business support model, by creating an organisation run by young people, primarily volunteers, who are responsible for all aspects of event delivery.
About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Опубликовано:

 

3 авг 2024

Поделиться:

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист
Посмотреть позже
Комментарии : 111   
@lbrtvlldr
@lbrtvlldr Год назад
The country and family you're born into, matters of sheer luck, are the greatest variables to predict how successful you'll be in life. I'm baffled at how people keep ignoring this.
@cherryblossom9482
@cherryblossom9482 Год назад
Luck example : The boy from Africa who was adopted by Madonna. Look at the country he was born and the family he was born into. Not much variables there.
@yusufayaz2356
@yusufayaz2356 6 лет назад
The people who say luck doesn't exist are usually the lucky ones who have made it and want to take the full credit for their success. Bye.
@Alex.R.O.P
@Alex.R.O.P 5 лет назад
Luck is just a feeling, everything happens for a reason .. Bye
@Alex.R.O.P
@Alex.R.O.P 5 лет назад
@Fabio DeVita hey stop putting words in my mouth, just because you can't understand what i said..
@Alex.R.O.P
@Alex.R.O.P 5 лет назад
@Fabio DeVita you're just using fancy words to sound smart lmao.
@CeeStyleDj
@CeeStyleDj 4 года назад
Exactly. They write books that are literally full of Common Sense and we sit here saying: "Uhh, yeah, we know that and we've tried that - many times over".
@princealmighty5391
@princealmighty5391 3 года назад
Luck doesnt exist and I'm just a begginer
@manuj2868
@manuj2868 4 года назад
As important it is to have ambitions, learning to appreciate life at the moment, even in the smallest ways, should be promoted more often. The thing is, “good” and “bad” “luck” does exist. Anyone can die tomorrow, yet we still take it for granted. Learn to think about tomorrow, learn from yesterday but also but appreciate the good bits of today.
@JTK11
@JTK11 10 месяцев назад
Luck definitely is the foundation for everything. It changes as time goes by. The way our brain functions based on biology, environment, trends, etc. have a huge impact on how people live their lives. If you took every living person today, went back 100 years ago and switched them with people during that time period, everyone’s luck would change. Depends on whether you are able to adapt or not.
@ascendantmadness347
@ascendantmadness347 3 года назад
Hard work, perseverance, aptitude, and desire mean next to nothing unless and until you chance upon the circumstances which facilitate achieving goals. For every successful person there are millions more who work just as hard, and are as skilled who will never happen upon those defining moments. That is why luck is the most important factor. There are even people who never try at all but simply find themselves in the right place at the right time. Perhaps secondarily important to this definition of "lucky" is being extroverted or gregarious. Success in nearly any endeavor requires other people and if you aren't inclined to socializing or reaching out, you are unlikely to find yourself with many opportunities. There are many who have little to no skill and don't apply what small effort they can muster yet still find themselves incredibly fortunate. The irony is that those who are the most monetarily wealthy generally rely the most on other people to do all of the actual hard work required to generate such wealth. For example, Jeff Bezos of Amazon would not have amassed such obscene wealth if not for all the poorly treated warehouse workers being exploited for their labor to generate profit. The Walton family of Wal-Mart renown would not be billionaires if not for the desperation of those who work in their establishments for poverty wages. Nearly all successful people think that their own merits have been the most important factors in achievement but this is rarely reflective of reality.
@naturalisted1714
@naturalisted1714 6 лет назад
You feel unlucky because you're being honest with yourself; you're not happy with your situation. You feel lucky when things work out for you.
@cyrusjerome
@cyrusjerome 3 года назад
luck is when you are incapable of explaining the reality, so you just say it was luck. luck isnt real.
@SILFUN333
@SILFUN333 3 года назад
I recommend everyone to read book 'How to become lucky and get whatever you want' It's great book. This book will change your life.
@ojcarido2662
@ojcarido2662 3 года назад
@@cyrusjerome Yea even I was blinded by the truth becuz of luck.. And after facing the truth I forgot or should I say I removed believing in luck. And instead I believed in God's blessing, Grace and will.
@luceatlux7087
@luceatlux7087 2 года назад
My simpleminded, subjective experience in this specific realm is that luck does seem to exist. Though I am not well off, born into priviledge, or radically lucky, I have noticed that I tend to get away, often narrowly, with an unusual amount of things without experiencing the worst of life, when perhaps I deseved it... I've had a few friends shake their heads, stare, and laughingly curse at me more than a couple of times for being so lucky; even with little stuff. I should've died a coule of times when I was young. I've been blessed with windfalls such as inheriting a car at just the right time (riding a bus down the street 4 miles takes me literally 2 hours in my area (it's a life-changer/job-ender)), not getting caught for a FEW things at my old career (insider trading; moving pieces around that I was sworn not to touch and skimming large corporate profits... they've fixed these certain loopholes since and you can't get away with what I once did) that would've wrecked my life if caught (more than 10 years in prison), getting let off for drunk driving by, perhaps, the only cop in the state, who would've done so, getting little bits of money at just the right time, etc. Maybe I just paid attention to these things and this kind of stuff happens to everyone. But a part of me wonders if it isn't a tiny bit odd, I guess. I've had friends all around me go down in HORRIBLE flames for doing far less, just one single time, without any second chances, for things Ive done dozens of times. They've also worked ten times harder, for far less compared to me (people like a good friend of mine who is walking to a 70 hr work week in the freezing cold every day while living with his mother). There are also those who have it much better than I (friends with giant trusts, etc). But idk... I guess I just imagine how horrible it would be to get brought down for every tiny mistake or just to be incredibly unlucky in life... someone perhaps like Job, from the Bible... Yaknow?
@SportsFan-vq9kk
@SportsFan-vq9kk Год назад
@@ojcarido2662 Amen
@princeekeson12
@princeekeson12 4 года назад
Luck can happen to anybody, but those that are smart and resourceful enough make the most of it. Think about the "lucky" people who win the lottery...and eventually end up broke.
@donaldlyons17
@donaldlyons17 2 года назад
But they won so they had options!!!! Just because you have money does not always mean you will have money nor you did not have any before.
@kayembacentury8641
@kayembacentury8641 4 года назад
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it because boldness has genius, power and magic in it
@mediacenterman8583
@mediacenterman8583 3 года назад
Absolute nonsense. Do you really think Peter Dinklage is going to be the slam dunk champion at the next NBA Celebrity game....because he dreamt it?
@arlinegeorge6967
@arlinegeorge6967 3 года назад
When hard work meets opportunity then it has to be right place n right time. Pray more n more people blessed with luck humanity will undergo a great change. Inspiring talk. Thank you, bless you. All your dreams come true.
@gainer83
@gainer83 2 года назад
whats ur make belief sky daddy got to do with this?
@mavericiyo5203
@mavericiyo5203 4 года назад
I can't believe how unlucky I am, i finally found a video explaining luck and I can't understand a word because of the accent!!!
@shaldar44
@shaldar44 4 года назад
🤣👍
@manpreet0784
@manpreet0784 4 года назад
Turn on the captions man...
@mavericiyo5203
@mavericiyo5203 4 года назад
@@manpreet0784 it's a joke, it flew right over your head.
@user-ol7sl3qw2l
@user-ol7sl3qw2l 3 года назад
Same
@illahee24
@illahee24 3 года назад
@@mavericiyo5203 hilarious....
@fatedestiny1397
@fatedestiny1397 4 года назад
Working smart is more important than working hard, but combining the two will equal more success.
@mediacenterman8583
@mediacenterman8583 3 года назад
Exactly, you can carry boxes up the stairs [hard work] or you can use the elevator [smart work]
@naturalisted1714
@naturalisted1714 6 лет назад
You can have all the goals you want, but if you are not lucky in having access to the things required to do the work you will fail. Also, you might have a great product but its luck that people buy it.
@AmazingStoryDewd
@AmazingStoryDewd 2 года назад
Good thing luck has nothing to do with success. Luck has nothing to do if people choose a product either.
@chrssl7511
@chrssl7511 Год назад
You put all the work but when things work out it’s not by luck, I’ve always called my luck a blessing, “God I’ve done my part and if it’s meant to be let it be your blessing and if it’s not then, it’s not time/purpose/or meant to be. But just know… this is what I would like for my life, and that would be your blessing”
@mehDOGIESRATS2222
@mehDOGIESRATS2222 3 года назад
Luck isn't a thing but randomness is . IF luck was ever a thing sometimes you make your own luck through skill and knowledge
@asandax6
@asandax6 4 года назад
If Chance exists Luck exists because even if there's a 0.0000000000001 of something happening to someone if they are lucky it will happen and it's that simple. If you're successful you are lucky.
@deserialized
@deserialized 2 года назад
It is a big difference being considered lucky for being successful than succesful because of luck. Most people are not successful because of luck but succesful because of hard work.
@donaldlyons17
@donaldlyons17 2 года назад
@@deserialized Hard work is not the only factor almost ever!!!!
@Mrgamezombie1
@Mrgamezombie1 Год назад
​@donaldlyons17 luck 10% hardwork 90%
@naturalisted1714
@naturalisted1714 6 лет назад
The more successful you are, the further you have to fall.
@Realkeepa
@Realkeepa 5 лет назад
BULLSHIT!!!!!!!I AM ON GROUND AND ITS SO HURTING THIS LIFE I DONT WANNA GO ON
@ojcarido2662
@ojcarido2662 3 года назад
@@Realkeepa Don't give up... As long as your breathing and alive don't you ever give up!! You can do this.. Always rember that in life it's not about hard you can hit but, it's about hard you can get hit and keep moving forward it's about how much you can take and keep moving forward!
@Realkeepa
@Realkeepa 3 года назад
@@ojcarido2662 sorry my eng ans autokorrektur
@redien5160
@redien5160 3 года назад
Luck is an optional word. It depends on who you are speaking to and what you are speaking about or if your mind is independent or time does play into your hand. Person that is well dressed but is feeling unlucky asking you in a matter of statistic with a confident voice ,,Do you feel lucky?´´ At that moment you will feel probably like an unlucky person. Person that is dressed badly, smells bad and seems ill will ask you with a shaken voice ,,Do you feel lucky?´´ In that moment you will feel lucky. That I would call... ,,feel lucky,,. When you do your work and you are lucky you can feel lucky but there is no second influence. State of luck. Then there is pure luck. Luck is just a short word for specific things happening all around you coming together to you that are influencing your world to a more positive state of your mind.
@ryanweston6182
@ryanweston6182 3 года назад
I still think that some people are destined to have nothing and come from nothing. When a crisis counselor tells you that they would want to kill themselves as well if they were in your shoes. That's when you know you have chronic bad luck. Based on the world I could say I was lucky to be born in America. But to parents that didnt want me and I've only ever been in very abusive and controlling relationships. You start to think your cursed for some reason. Does karma only come in bad?!? Cause for all the good and positive energy I put out I dont get good karma in return. Only bad.
@yumithelight4375
@yumithelight4375 3 года назад
I feel EXACTLY the same.
@Wreakmayhem
@Wreakmayhem Год назад
Same boat. I always gave 100% and never gained an inch. Never stopped trying but no benefit. I always maintained hope but eventually the body begins to tire and the soul grows weary, you run out of fuel.
@timepasss2859
@timepasss2859 2 года назад
Well I don't get success quite easily in everything even in little things. There is always some obstacle waiting for me. And i literally mean obstacle in every single thing. Or the simplest work gets delayed. While some people are able to do it simply.
@mostafa2895
@mostafa2895 2 года назад
You will always needs luck beside working hard,being smart and ambition ..luck is everything you can't control in life ...many great people could've been something but they didn't get lucky
@AmazingStoryDewd
@AmazingStoryDewd 2 года назад
Except everything you can't control is due to chance. That's pure nonsense
@mr.goldfarmer4883
@mr.goldfarmer4883 2 года назад
Does good/bad luck exist? Yes, look at the normal distribution bell curve. Beneficial and adverse circumstances beyond our control can alter the course of our lives. The trite saying of being 'at the right time at the right place' is grounded. Sow your seeds and hope it rains.
@danshiba1498
@danshiba1498 6 лет назад
Yeah luck is a concept that can be bend towards or against you
@kingech_B15
@kingech_B15 2 года назад
Thank you
@naturalisted1714
@naturalisted1714 6 лет назад
Everything is Luck.
@YasuoMidOnly
@YasuoMidOnly 5 лет назад
Is a computer lucky to spit out correct information?
@cyrusjerome
@cyrusjerome 5 лет назад
And nothing is luck either. So luck is essentially a meaningless term. Its not actually real.
@mediacenterman8583
@mediacenterman8583 3 года назад
@@YasuoMidOnly Yes. His device was lucky enough to have been engineered by human competence and to get through the quality control.
@PeoplePleaser578
@PeoplePleaser578 Год назад
Once is an accident. Twice is a coincidence. Third time is a pattern. When you repeatedly fail at everything and 99% of the bad things that happen in your life are outside of your control - That’s called Bad luck…. the only people who claim it doesn’t exist and it’s all down to “Hard work” normally have never experienced bad luck. When it gets to the point where you can predict what things are going to go wrong even down to Dice luck… then you realise Luck is very real.
@matthewmckever2312
@matthewmckever2312 2 года назад
There is no such thing as luck, it's just probabilities, percentages and recognising opportunities. An array of situations coming together at a seemingly random time so you make up a word to make sense of your life.
@varunsrivastava8904
@varunsrivastava8904 Год назад
You must feel lucky to be alive to watch this video at least. Just being born is lucky enough. Everything else is bonus.
@californiadream1365
@californiadream1365 3 года назад
I am confused. Where/how the survivorship bias fits into this?
@rahulsethione
@rahulsethione 6 лет назад
Fake facts. Luck only responds if you keep trying but the response can be failure. Actually it depends upon your luck. So...
@surengy
@surengy 7 лет назад
I would say 10% Luck 90% execution :)
@naturalisted1714
@naturalisted1714 6 лет назад
Deniss Zenciks luck to have the skill or ability to execute correctly or good.
@thabomboneni2994
@thabomboneni2994 5 лет назад
You are wrong
@mediacenterman8583
@mediacenterman8583 3 года назад
100% luck. Birth itself is luck.
@k225
@k225 3 года назад
It's "lucky" that nobody noticed the error on the first pie chart slide: 54% blue, 46% green = 56% think luck exists 😕
@aka.ashwin
@aka.ashwin Год назад
I did..and I wondered why nobody talked about this until I came across your comment.
@briansarahgillespie4299
@briansarahgillespie4299 3 года назад
This is more about success and ambition, rather than luck. The title is misleading.
@user-fb9ss4op6n
@user-fb9ss4op6n Год назад
those who think are lucky тем, кто думает, повезло
@MrLubaldi
@MrLubaldi 8 лет назад
bravo pippi
@junkjunk2493
@junkjunk2493 6 лет назад
didnt really say much ...
@biblebadcopycatofcuneiform8210
@biblebadcopycatofcuneiform8210 3 года назад
I don't believe in beliefs, and I sure don't accept luck is truth. If you examine superstitions really, really well, and very deeply you'll know luck/karma/chance don't actually exist. If you're focused on what's happening in your life, who is doing what, who is coming in and why and existing and why. you can start to notice patterns. Event very complex patterns, and patterns that extend to more than a year away. You have to be willing to practice attentiveness to understand luck is a very old superstition.
@Awesome55055
@Awesome55055 6 лет назад
Luck exist
@howardcohen4255
@howardcohen4255 4 года назад
You better believe it
@Ruminations1from2Connecticut
@Ruminations1from2Connecticut 3 года назад
I reversed engineered repetitively appearing keno numbers into 4 spots and won 900 3times in one month.
@Alex.R.O.P
@Alex.R.O.P 5 лет назад
Everything happens for a reason .. Think about it
@2049bits
@2049bits 5 лет назад
Shame on you for dismissing and belittling the great efforts and sacrifices of those who tried and failed for nothing but luck! You have a Destiny with a meteorite! Oops, thats Karma..different physics than 'luck'.
@asandax6
@asandax6 4 года назад
Karma is also dependent on Luck. Because there are people who have done terrible things in this world but lived the most comfortable lives and there are those who did nothing wrong but lived the most cruel lives.
@HolleySabrinaSally
@HolleySabrinaSally 4 года назад
@@asandax6 sad reality😞😞😭😭😭💔💔
@mediacenterman8583
@mediacenterman8583 3 года назад
To be clear, you can apply yourself and deservedly receive praise for that. But ultimately, it all stems from luck. Birth itself is a lucky occurrence, from conception to delivery.
@mediacenterman8583
@mediacenterman8583 3 года назад
@@HolleySabrinaSally Just imagine, there are innocent people in prison and wealthy perverts, rapists and murderers roaming free because they were born to wealthy parents. Nazis fled to South America and lived well. Meanwhile back in Germany...............
@SILFUN333
@SILFUN333 3 года назад
I recommend everyone to read book 'How to become lucky and get whatever you want' It's great book. This book will change your life.
@Karinnmlbb
@Karinnmlbb 2 года назад
I literally see you everywhere
@boogitybear2283
@boogitybear2283 2 года назад
Now I see why Weyet People are so despised.
@jattdachannel6652
@jattdachannel6652 5 лет назад
i dont
@vonniev0n
@vonniev0n 5 лет назад
I rather be lucky them skillful
@mediacenterman8583
@mediacenterman8583 3 года назад
'Better to be lucky than good' Some trust fund baby will probably never have to be challenged academically and certainly not financially in their lives because they were born to rich parents.
@donaldlyons17
@donaldlyons17 2 года назад
@@mediacenterman8583 Being a trust fund baby is a great deal either way. Why have a challenge when I can play on easy mode??
@jevanraygonzales9353
@jevanraygonzales9353 3 года назад
How do tou explain those executed 99 % and have 1% of luck but failed... i think its reversed,
@steviepan1
@steviepan1 4 года назад
Another rich dude making no sense
@howardcohen4255
@howardcohen4255 4 года назад
That's the damn truth!
@chemsigma400
@chemsigma400 3 года назад
😂
@yarasr2267
@yarasr2267 3 года назад
Luck is everything. Shut up nd don't tlk again.
@elpeehs8479
@elpeehs8479 3 года назад
I was there till I heard Bill Gates🤨but everyone and yes I mean "everyone"deserves to express there individual thoughts!
@cassandriel
@cassandriel 3 года назад
One of the worst TED talks.
@michaelsantinon8231
@michaelsantinon8231 2 года назад
You've never done a day of working hard in your life, 1% luck you say, I take it you were brought up in Ethiopia, how did this muppet get on stage...
@user-nk4ed6tq4k
@user-nk4ed6tq4k 3 года назад
This is the worst ted talk I’ve been listening to , bad accent ,bad ideas bad presentation!
@princealmighty5391
@princealmighty5391 3 года назад
Luck doesnt exist
Далее
Ютуб был хороший...
00:52
Просмотров 385 тыс.
Mathematics and sex | Clio Cresswell | TEDxSydney
13:02
Luck | Paul Salem | TEDxProvidence
18:59
Просмотров 69 тыс.