{"id":85489,"date":"2014-12-08T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=85489"},"modified":"2014-12-07T19:51:27","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T01:51:27","slug":"luck-is-the-residue-of-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=85489","title":{"rendered":"Luck Is the Residue of Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Claire Schmieder, Senior Editor, INALJ NYC,<\/a> INALJ New York State<\/a>, and INALJ Texas<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Luck Is the Residue of Design<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Claire.Schmieder.SeniorEditor\"<\/a>Branch Rickey began his Major League Baseball career with the St. Louis Browns and the New\u00a0York Highlanders in the early 1900s. He wasn\u2019t a strong player and quickly left the MLB to\u00a0attend college at the University of Michigan. Rickey studied administration and soon returned to\u00a0the MLB\u2014this time as a manager and, eventually, an executive for a number of teams, including\u00a0the New York Yankees, the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Pittsburgh Pirates.<\/p>\n

Rickey was innovative and committed to diversity. He created the modern minor league farm\u00a0system and introduced the batting helmet. Most notably, he broke the MLB color barrier\u00a0by signing Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 and Roberto Clemente to the\u00a0Pittsburgh Pirates in 1955.<\/p>\n

Branch Rickey was a successful person, but was he a lucky person? He would have argued that\u00a0luck had nothing to do with his success. In an interview in a 1946 issue of The Sporting News,\u00a0Rickey said, \u201cThings worthwhile generally don\u2019t just happen. Luck is a fact, but should not be\u00a0a factor. Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best.\u00a0Negligence or indifference are usually reviewed from an unlucky seat. The law of cause and\u00a0effect and causality both work the same with inexorable exactitudes. Luck is the residue of\u00a0design<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

I love this quote. Even though Rickey acknowledges the existence of luck, he argues that it\u2019s\u00a0directly connected to effort and drive.<\/p>\n

Too often, I hear people acknowledge their success with \u201cOh, it was just luck.\u201d Success does not\u00a0come from luck; it comes from hard work over time.<\/p>\n

You have to do the hard things<\/a>\u2014like trying and failing, being accountable for your actions, and\u00a0paying close attention to detail.<\/p>\n

You have to follow projects through<\/a> to completion.<\/p>\n

You have to produce something meaningful<\/a>. And not just meaningful to you; it must be\u00a0meaningful to others as well.<\/p>\n

You have to take risks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You have to learn from your mistakes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You have to collaborate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Your current and future success will come from commitment to hard work. Before you tell\u00a0people that you were \u201cjust lucky,\u201d reflect on all you\u2019ve done to succeed. Sharing your story may\u00a0empower others to find their own path to success and encourage them to strive for bigger and\u00a0better things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Claire Schmieder, Senior Editor, INALJ NYC, INALJ New York State, and INALJ Texas Luck Is the Residue of Design Branch Rickey began his Major League Baseball career with the St. Louis Browns and the New\u00a0York Highlanders in the early 1900s. He wasn\u2019t a strong player and quickly left the MLB to\u00a0attend college at the…<\/p>\n

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