Jul 05
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The System of Luck
I never considered myself as a “lucky person”. Of course, I believe that luck plays important factor in life but for me, it probably SEP. I am not complaining here but it seems like some people recognized my hard work as a chain events of compiled luck. I wish that was true but no, it never work that way with me.
I am becoming what I am now is nevertheless a compilation of smart work. Luck probably plays some part on it but it never become a major element. People tend to measure by the result but they usually never try to look at the process. Take my personal experience as an example, do you think I could be here and acquired my Master degree just because I am lucky? It is irritating everytime I hear someone said “You are lucky to be abroad and earn a Master degree” because it seems like all of my smart works are reducing to a simple “luck”.
Smart work. I have to emphasize on that. Smart work is a combination between hard work and strategically correct work.
Really, I would not be able to study abroad if I was not fighting for it. I am a strong believer of “you could do everything, if only you believe and work smart”. Of course, if you are a religious type, praying helps, especially in the “meta” level because it keep your spirit alive.
Sidenote
I am back podcasting. Same topic as this entry but in Indonesian. Listen to it at Apa Saja Podcast!
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Like it or not, the luck side played it’s part. So, just embrace it.
Just say Goooooo…!!!
i’ve found that people who attribute whatever results we have acheived to ‘luck’ are usually people who think they are equal if not better than you. When I got accepted into Uni, some people attributed that to factors aside from the fact that I worked my ass off to pass the exams. Then when I got a job that was willing to pay for my higher education, again I was told that I was lucky… soooo….lucky me.
SO WHAT GITU LOH……. let them speak that you are lucky enough to go abroad and get the mastahh… Only you now the truth that you have work very smart and strategic, and dont forget very hard :)
so good luck or I should say… may the force be with you…
Setelah mendengar podcastnya. Saya jadi tertarik u/ komen. Banyak orang yang menganggap kalau desain minimalis itu kurang kreatif/malas/mau gampangnya saja. Mrk tidak pernah (mau) tahu proses dibalik pembuatan suatu desain yang disebut dgn minimalis.
Kalau kesuksesan dianggap oleh kebanyakan orang seperti analogi desain minimalis diatas tanpa melihat prosesnya, ya susah. Itulah mungkin buah dari kehidupan yang bersifat mekanistik di mana proses tidak dianggap sebagai bagian yang penting.
Let go, You must :) Manusia selalu melihat apa yang di depan mata, tetapi Tuhan selalu melihat apa yang ada di dalam hati.
I cannot be more agreeing with you, and as a firm believer, that good circumstances, in most cases, don’t fall upon your lap by some miraculous, inexplicable phenomena but all in all systematic plan and enormous amount of hard work and sacrifices in all-round respects. People would make a quick misassumption over the achievement one’s acquired through sweat labor work can only privilegely befall people with a great degree of wealth thus opportunities wide open to do so. And for that I had responded with sweet-nature, beaming smile across my face as I don’t need people’s validation in order to feel self-content. But then again that’s just me.
For your achievement, kudos! I’m raising my hat for you and brighter future.
Listening to your tranquilizing (by all means compliment) podcasting voice triggers some fond memories of once-upon-a-time Sonora Fm from which your voice reminds me of one of the Djs and the not so fond ones. Hmm of the latter, to think of that.. eeww!!
First of all i think you really have lots of time to do the things like apasajapodcast. For me, the outsider, yg sehari-harinya jauh dari dunia kerja elo (desain-teknik-digital-imaging-dan sebangsanya itu).. it’s really really amazing, ada orang yang bisa bikin website sebagus yg lo punya.. dan sekarang ditambah pula dgn apasajapodcast yg isinya ternyata curahan hati dalam bentuk suara.. it’s great.. i mean.. it’s technology who bring us to do something like this.. and you’ve got the power.. second, g rasa lo kurang kerjaan abis saat ini, makanya sempat ngerekam-rekam suara lo sendiri.. hihihi.. third, g pernah dengar dari seseorang, prinsip hidupnya : “if i believe something is right, i’ll do it with all my heart and my soul, even the whole ground against me, that’s the business of a leader..” i think it’s a good one.. fourth, as a human being yg sering banget dianggap hokky.. G tau banget perasaan elu.. hiks.. hiks.. hiks.. They don’t know the long journey to reach the-place-where-i-stand-now.. They don’t what i’ve been sacrificed (bener ga sih grammarnya?) i.e. utk bisa jadi manager, g harus sekolah malam 3 tahun, bolak-balik ke depok, kebayang ngga sih bekasi-jakarta-depok pp everyday.. km kijang g setahun tuh langsung 150rb-an but it’s okay.. semua itu kebayar dengan predikat wisudawan terbaik FEUI 1997 (;p) dst.. dst.. jadi kalo ada org yg bilang g seperti putri cinderella krn beruntung banget punya kerjaan bagus, mobil bagus, suami bagus, anak-anak bagus, titel bagus, dapat beasiswa pula.. g paling cuma menimpali dengan kata-kata : ck.. gile lu.. hokky g gede tau.. krn org itu hanya kenal kulit luarnya.. krn ngga ada tuh org yg sesempurna itu, yg seberuntung itu, every thing has it price.. jadi ngga usah dibahas.. capek! last, diagnosa g, lo positif kena virus krisis kepribadian.. hihihi.. biasanya virus ini menjangkiti orang-orang yg sedang dalam masa transisi, just like you.. and me maybe ;B
okke @ July 4, 2005 12:29 PM
It is irritating everytime I hear someone said “You are lucky to be abroad and earn a Master degree” —-> biarlah… you can’t control what people want to think about you, right Mastaaah? ;-)