Luck by Chance: universally applicable

Lazy Sundays are good time to watch a couple of movies and unwind a bit. Last Sunday I happen to watch the movie ‘Luck by Chance’ and an aspect of it struck me. Thought of correlating the theme of the movie with the lives we live at our jobs.

All starts with a dream… Vikram (Farhan) the lead in the movie ‘Luck by Chance’ has this dream of becoming an actor in bollywood… he believes in himself and thinks that fortune does not come to one…one needs to go to attain that fortune… I liked this.

I’m a strong believer in the notion that luck follows hard work… without perseverance there cannot be any reward. But then… there is some charm in this chap (Vikram) in the movie… all the small things that he does… right from pampering Dimple in the party, identifying his opponent and misleading him, charming the lead actress etc etc… makes him possible to establish himself in the scheme of things… don’t know of the rightness or otherwise but these little charm’s in one matter really if you need to move ahead quickly…there is where I think the luck factor comes in!!

I believe in our professional lives there are a few differentiating factors that one needs to possess… academic record of course is the biggest factor…networking is the other. Vikram’s a talented actor… that is why he gets into the big banner movie… but there is a slight difference in the way he approaches people…there is where he differentiates himself from his friend, who continue to do small television serials… soft skills is what he carries to move ahead of his peers. Even though he had no godfather he targeted the right person to move ahead… with no harm to Dimple he did take an advantage of her!!
I think these charming skills are really important in today’s professional lives as well. I have had enough experiences to suggest as to how that matter more for personal growth. All of us work for reward (just that our bosses determine that at year end!!) and all of us work hard for those but not all things are attributed to work though… there are those small charms that you carry that matter as well… its not just the 9 to 6 affair…its how we work in those hours. Contribution at work is both about the quantum and the quality… quality is also about our approach towards work and the people around us. By charm, I mean the way we influence the people surrounding us. All of us are lucky enough to get equal chances in our day to day affairs; rest is how we make those chances work… of how we influence that bit of luck to work in favour of us!!