“I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." ~T. Jefferson
Luck (II)
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to become.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
For centuries, a philosophical debate has raged: Free will vs Determinism.
Where do you stand?
Determinism suggests that you have no free will, and that all actions and events are causally inevitable.
Free will suggests that you are a self-determining individual who can and should be accountable for your entire life and all actions/consequences that influence it.
What about the third alternative?
The middle path.
Both.
“Life is similar to a board game. It has rules, like the laws of physics that govern many outcomes; gravity, time, and space. However, there’s also chance and randomness, just like rolling the dice in Monopoly which influence and alter the outcome; it’s a mix of strategy and luck.
When you take a close look at the Three Circles of Behavior Echo-System (below) you notice how the “Environment” includes both the things that ‘happen to us’ by chance and the things we can influence and alter. (See below diagram)
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Luck II
Luck II
Luck II
Luck II: The Thursday Thread
“I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
~T. Jefferson
Luck (II)
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to become.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
For centuries, a philosophical debate has raged: Free will vs Determinism.
Where do you stand?
Determinism suggests that you have no free will, and that all actions and events are causally inevitable.
Free will suggests that you are a self-determining individual who can and should be accountable for your entire life and all actions/consequences that influence it.
What about the third alternative?
The middle path.
Both.
“Life is similar to a board game. It has rules, like the laws of physics that govern many outcomes; gravity, time, and space. However, there’s also chance and randomness, just like rolling the dice in Monopoly which influence and alter the outcome; it’s a mix of strategy and luck.
When you take a close look at the Three Circles of Behavior Echo-System (below) you notice how the “Environment” includes both the things that ‘happen to us’ by chance and the things we can influence and alter. (See below diagram)
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