The Seriousness of Luck Excusitis

There is nothing accidental about the weather outside today. Yet hardly a day passes that you do not hear someone blame his problems on bad luck. Let me illustrate how people succumb to luck excusitis. I lunched recently with three young junior executives. They dug up all sorts of reasons, luck, pull, boot licking, George's wife and how she flattered the boss,. Everything but the truth. The facts were that George was simply better qualified.