Comments on: Luck, Preparation, and Opportunity

By: Timing Is Everything | SQLRockstar

Timing Is Everything | SQLRockstar — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:12:42 +0000

[...] a luck factor involved. Well, some call it luck, but I still subscribe to the theory that luck is nothing more than when preparation meets opportunity. If anything, it is the opportunity part where people tend to focus their use of the word [...]

By: Another Miracle Trip | SQLRockstar

Another Miracle Trip | SQLRockstar — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:27:18 +0000

[...] I took another trip up to Lake Placid. I wrote about my trip last year in a piece titled “Luck, Preparation, and Opportunity“, to this day one of my favorite blog posts I have written. With my upcoming job change the [...]

By: Thirty Years Ago Today... | SQLRockstar

Thirty Years Ago Today... | SQLRockstar — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:57:58 +0000

[...] anniversary of the “Miracle on Ice” hockey game between Team USA and the USSR. I have blogged about the event previously, reflecting upon some recent trips I have made to Lake Placid, [...]

By: Thomas LaRock

Thomas LaRock — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:16:26 +0000

thanks. the funniest part of the “once is lucky, twice is good” lesson is that he often told it to me while we were bowling…candlepin bowling, that is. which is quite a regional thing and most people in the world wouldn’t understand. but if you have ever had the chance to bowl candlepin then you would very much understand why he would say that to me, and others, often enough for me to remember.

By: wnylibrarian

wnylibrarian — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:15:56 +0000

First, awesome post! “Once lucky, twice good” is so very true. I also believe in destiny. 1980 was Brooks’ destiny following the events of 1960. There is such a thing as “it was meant to be.” Second, that hockey game brings back incredible memories for all of us. It’s one of those events that are burned into us. I watched the game live, on Canada’s CBC. I didn’t know for years that the game in the U.S. was shown on tape delay.

By: Rob Paller

Rob Paller — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:02:21 +0000

Great story Tom! Thanks for sharing it.