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Can bad luck be a good thing? Comedian Adam Carolla, best-selling author and the world’s most popular podcaster, well understands this riddle. He’s lived it. Using examples from his own life, he explains that learning to deal with adversity is a key to success. Thus, everybody needs some bad luck: it’s how you prepare yourself for the curve balls life throws you.

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Here’s how I look at life:

You’re unlucky. I’m unlucky. We’re all unlucky.

But don’t worry, that’s a good thing. Let me make my point.

You’re not going to win the lottery, you’re not going to win in Vegas, you may get crabs. Well, you bring that on yourself. Actually, they don’t want me to work blue so I’ll keep it straight.

Now, people say to me all the time, “Adam, what do you mean you’re not lucky. Look at your house, look at your cars, look at your life, look at your wife, look at everything that you have!”

That’s not luck. That’s me. I earned that.

And if I thought I was lucky, I’d probably still be sitting in my one bedroom apartment in North Hollywood on my futon scratching lottery tickets.

See, that’s just it. I know I’m unlucky. I’ve bet on the last five Super Bowls and lost. As a matter of fact, I lost four in a row and said I’m not betting this last year because I lose every year. And Jimmy Kimmel called me and said, “Who do you like in the Super Bowl.” And I said, “I’m not betting Jimmy.” And he said, “You have to bet, so I know how to bet, because I’m going to bet against you — because you’re that unlucky.”

And, I lost. Thus, he won. It’s always nice when a rich guy gets richer.

People say, “Oh! Well if you hadn’t met Jimmy Kimmel, you wouldn’t have got into radio. So, that was lucky!” I’ll grant you this — we’re all lucky not to be born still born, or to have been clipped by a cattle truck when we were roller blading, or not stepped in a bear trap when we were five years old and devoured by hyenas. (That’s how my cousin went.)

But the point is, yes we’re all lucky to be standing on this planet without a horrible disease. And I understand there are certain people that are super unlucky and have things like tumors and bronchitis and that sort of thing. We dodged that bullet.

So, your dad could own a Ferrari dealership. That would put you at the top. Or you could be born without your limbs. That would put you on the bottom. But then there’s the middle, and the middle is where 99% of us reside.

And what I’m trying to tell you is don’t count on luck. Rely on hard work.

Look at life as a prize fight, and you’ve got to get up and do road work every morning. And you’ve got to work that heavy bag, and you’ve got to work that speed bag, and you’ve got to work that double-ended bag. (What’s a double-ended bag? That’s that one in the middle. It’s got the bungee cord on each side. It’s cool. Anyway, I digress.)

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  8. 0 seconds ago
    Luck is the point where preparation intersects with opportunity. Both, as the video demonstrates, are things that won’t just fall from the sky and land in your lap. They need to be actively sought out.

  10. yeah, well, slaves did hard work in the past, slaves do hard work in the present and slaves will do hard work in the futur, and what does hard work bring them? Nothing but more work. What's your response to that, Adam Corolla?

  16. If life is a prized fight then I get my ass kicked every time I stand up. Within a year I have had 2 vehicles that had catastrophic engine failures. I developed an inguinal hernia last February, my eldest dog had to be put down a week before my surgery, my grandfather is not going to live to see 2023, my father died 6 years ago, I live with my drunk brother and his disabled wife, I developed type 1 diabetes when I was 12 and have always struggled with it, I have no friends outside of work, I’m single, I can barely take care of myself but have to take care of my brother and his wife because he wastes his money on stupid things. I’m to the point where I am seriously thinking about ending it. I know there are people who are in worse situations than me and are still trying but I’m tired of getting set back every single time I try to progress my life.

  28. Work hard, just for the joy of it. Working hard is a joy. It can nearly always be pleasant. I've had 25 or 30 jobs in my life. I quit one because it was just too boring. Paperboy in sixth grade was great. Semiconductor grunt to manager was very interesting, and I loved it. . Just doing the best I could in a very interesting industry. Had a couple million net worth by age 50. Just work hard for the joy of it. It'll bide you well. Namaste.

  38. Well,depends on the situation, if you try to get something for six months, I'm pretty sure luck is the only thing to resort to after that, then if you have extremely bad luck, you then resort to crying it out or tough it up.

  42. Luck is merely when preparation meets opportunity. If you are not prepared, no matter how many opportunities come your way, you will never be able to grasp it. If you spend countless hours and days preparing for an opportunity but none comes your way, your preparation will have all been in vain