The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

#1397 - Mechanics of Success # 4 Fate or Effort - What Decides Success?

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Oct 16, 2025
A seeker questions whether luck and fate impact success, but Sadhguru believes the focus should be on effort. He highlights that true success comes from wholehearted, intelligent effort, not mere desire. Sadhguru challenges traditional views by redefining success as full self-expression rather than competitiveness. He emphasizes the importance of enhancing perception over mere capability to navigate career choices meaningfully. Ultimately, he suggests that seeing life clearly allows for a playful journey, making the pursuit of success feel less rigid and more fulfilling.
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ADVICE

Commit Fully To Incisive Effort

  • Do put your entire energy into effort because fate, luck, and God are not your business.
  • Make effort focused, calibrated, and incisive rather than scattered or superstitious.
INSIGHT

Perception Amplifies Intelligence

  • Enhance perception and intelligence to ensure your actions land at the right time and place.
  • Perception lets your intelligence work for you rather than against you in life choices.
ANECDOTE

Example: Shifting Career Demand

  • Sadhguru describes how crowd career choices shift: medicine, engineering, then the next fallback.
  • He uses the example of doctors losing patients if everyone became healthy to show changing demand.
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