{"id":896,"date":"2023-01-30T18:00:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T18:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/?p=896"},"modified":"2023-01-30T18:00:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T18:00:58","slug":"the-concept-of-luck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/30\/the-concept-of-luck\/","title":{"rendered":"The Concept of Luck"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-audio fusion-audio-1\" style=\"--awb-progress-color:#ffffff;--awb-border-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-background-color:#1d242d;--awb-max-width:100%;--awb-border-size:0;--awb-border-top-left-radius:0px;--awb-border-top-right-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-right-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-left-radius:0px;\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-896-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Episode-058-The-Concept-of-Luck.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Episode-058-The-Concept-of-Luck.mp3\">https:\/\/georgenowik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Episode-058-The-Concept-of-Luck.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2>~ Or: Serendipitous Scenarios Solidify into Substantial Situational Success<\/h2>\n<p>Raise of hands, who&#8217;s ever heard the phrase &#8220;good luck?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I know, I know, low hanging fruit.\u00a0 That&#8217;s like playing a live show in Cleveland and shouting &#8220;WHO HERE&#8217;S FROM CLEVELAND???&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The concept of luck is a fascinating one to me for a variety of reasons.\u00a0 It&#8217;s this crazy thing that can happen and totally change entire trajectories.\u00a0 It&#8217;s elusive.\u00a0 The dag blasted thing cannot be fabricated.\u00a0 And it&#8217;s guaranteed to run out the instant you push it.<\/p>\n<p>Obi-Wan Kenobi once opined &#8220;In my experience, there&#8217;s no such thing as luck.&#8221;\u00a0 That&#8217;s a fantastic philosophy to adopt when possessed of The Force and capable of leaping tall buildings in a single bound.\u00a0 And still possessed of the higher ground.<\/p>\n<p>For the rest of us, luck is a very real thing.<\/p>\n<p>There are also things that are attributed to luck that oftentimes have absolutely <em>zilch<\/em> to do with luck.\u00a0 Gonna get into that one too for a bit.<\/p>\n<p>For now, let&#8217;s dive into this <span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">\u0153<\/span><\/span>ffering of words and things talking about the bizarre idea of Luck!<\/p>\n<h2>Let&#8217;s Define What Luck Is<\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with the dictionary definition of luck.\u00a0 According to the good old Oxford Languages:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one&#8217;s own actions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ok, that&#8217;s easy to get into.\u00a0 Luck, as a traditional definition, is based on chance.\u00a0 A roll of the dice.\u00a0 Things wildly outside of anyone&#8217;s actual control.<\/p>\n<p>There are times when the idea of luck starts to get a bit more tricky.\u00a0 Philosophical, perhaps.\u00a0 Outside of the scope of chance occurrences. One of the more common descriptors of luck is as follows, adopted from the words of Roman philosopher Seneca:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Luck is the intersection of preparation and opportunity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m conflicted by that definition.\u00a0 On the one hand, our level of preparedness is\u00a0<em>usually <\/em>within our own power.\u00a0 Either directly or indirectly, we are preparing for stuff at almost all times.\u00a0 On the other hand, we have opportunities which at times can be fleeting or nonexistent!<\/p>\n<p>When an opportunity strikes, are we prepared?\u00a0 Are they then saying that all opportunity is lucky?\u00a0 I feel like that can&#8217;t possibly be entirely true at all times.\u00a0 Aren&#8217;t some opportunities earned rather than presented as some kind of fluke?\u00a0 Or is that maybe not the case?\u00a0 Is being offered a promotion at a place of work an opportunity as a result of luck or because of skill and merit?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not even sure I&#8217;m going to get to a good answer by the end of this, but I&#8217;m going to let stream of consciousness take over for now.<\/p>\n<h2>Two Chance Opportunities That Sure SMELL Like Luck<\/h2>\n<p>When I decided that this was a topic that I wanted to write about, I had to think a whole bunch.\u00a0 This generally hurts.\u00a0 There are ramifications of doing so, even beyond allergic reactions.\u00a0 My keto-compatible fatty computer made of meat doesn&#8217;t always like to have to DO THINGS.\u00a0 But here we are.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to think of some examples that illustrated what pure luck could potentially look like.\u00a0 There are two I plan to tell the tales of.\u00a0 Those tales shall be told right now!<\/p>\n<h3>That time you&#8217;re asked if you&#8217;d like to be in a backing band for your composing hero<\/h3>\n<p>This one is all about networking and nothing but networking.\u00a0 No ifs, ands, or buts about it.<\/p>\n<p>A chance to spend time with a very good friend materialized several years back because she was in town.\u00a0 She had dinner with the family and me and I gave her a ride back to a mutual friend&#8217;s home where she was staying.\u00a0 Lots of fantastic conversation.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, she turns to me and says &#8220;How would you like to back Vince Dicola as a band?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After I picked my jaw up off the floor and stared a bit longer, it occurred to me that she was serious.\u00a0 Turns out Vince was going to be a guest at an upcoming event where the band I was in was already scheduled to play.\u00a0 The end result?\u00a0 We split our set.\u00a0 The first half us doing our thing.\u00a0 The second half as backing band for one of the single most influential creators of music in my entire life.<\/p>\n<p>Why did that end up getting in my orbit?\u00a0 The person calling the shots and making those arrangements and I had known each other for <em>years<\/em> by that point.\u00a0 My adoration of Vince was so overt it could have been an LED banner running across my forehead.\u00a0 Which would be effulgently bright and large in scale because I have a LOT of forehead.\u00a0 I was in a band that was capable of keeping up with his musicality. As a result, for her it was a no-brainer.<\/p>\n<p>Nuthin but net.\u00a0 working.\u00a0 net working.<\/p>\n<p>ANYWAY<\/p>\n<h4>The follow-up to that story<\/h4>\n<p>When Vince decided that live shows are awesome and more of them need to happen, he pulled a band of locals together.\u00a0 Incredible drummer.\u00a0 His composing partner of decades on guitar.\u00a0 The son of another famous movie composer and director on backing keys.\u00a0 A Disney series composer on backing guitar and <em>marimba<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He pondered finding a local session guy to fill in on bass.\u00a0 He -really- wanted someone who knows how to play Chapman Stick as a percussive bass instrument to complement his music.\u00a0 His experience with me in the backing band in DC was apparently ok because he called me up and asked if I was interested.<\/p>\n<p>Does Howdy Doody have wooden teeth?<\/p>\n<p>Next thing I know I&#8217;m rehearsing for hours every night to make sure I&#8217;m ready to keep up with that cadre of ASTOUNDING MUSICIANSHIP.<\/p>\n<p>That show led to two more since then.<\/p>\n<p>Networking.<\/p>\n<p>Luck.\u00a0 The opportunity came up and my perceived preparation was at least enough on point to not make a complete fool of myself.<\/p>\n<h3>So this one time in an elevator<\/h3>\n<p>This is not <em>that<\/em> kind of story.\u00a0 Sheesh.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes all it takes is hitting an elevator button at exactly the right time.\u00a0 In this case, it was to head down to a convention hall to meet up with someone.\u00a0 Pressing the button has the doors open <em>immediately<\/em> with two very confused folks who thought they pushed the L button but had not.<\/p>\n<p>Delightful conversation.\u00a0 Turns out we were all there for the same event and heading in the same direction.\u00a0 When asked if I was participating in a subset of that event, I said that I was not but merely trying to catch up with someone who was.\u00a0 Something in that conversation inspired them and next thing I know, they&#8217;ve handed me a business card.\u00a0 I was instructed to contact them after the event and provide them with some materials for them to evaluate my skill level.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the opportunity presented itself.\u00a0 And yes, I was prepared for it.\u00a0 The classic luck scenario.<\/p>\n<p>But here&#8217;s the thing.<\/p>\n<p>If for some reason they had pressed the L button the way they intended to press the L button, no such meeting would have taken place.<\/p>\n<p>So in my head, this is WELL outside the scope of the typical definition.\u00a0 This meeting never should have happened.\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure glad it did!\u00a0 But there&#8217;s no reason for it to have taken place.<\/p>\n<p>What would we call that then&#8230; pre-luck?\u00a0 The luck that took place before more luck?\u00a0 I don&#8217;t even know anymore.<\/p>\n<h2>Luck As a Vehicle of That Which Is Outside Our Control<\/h2>\n<p>Ok so there&#8217;s a lot to be said about making our own luck.\u00a0 Right place at the right time and prepared for it.\u00a0 This much is true.<\/p>\n<p>How does that play into things that are completely outside the scope of our control?\u00a0 Are there situations where luck, good or bad, can be leveraged to our advantage?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure the answer is &#8220;possibly maybe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Sometimes it&#8217;s indifferent<\/h3>\n<p>Yes, you can be at a Texas Hold &#8217;em poker tournament.\u00a0 Sitting right across the table from Phil Laak and his infamous hoodie.\u00a0 You can also get stuck with a 2 7 hand multiple times.\u00a0 That&#8217;s not the <em>good<\/em> kind of luck.\u00a0 The cards you are dealt are completely out of your control.\u00a0 You can&#8217;t even count cards at a tournament table to nudge the odds because it just doesn&#8217;t <em>work<\/em> that way.\u00a0 There are also times when the 2 7 hand aren&#8217;t exactly bad because it may embolden the most effective bl\u1d6bff of all time.<\/p>\n<p>So it just is what it is at times.<\/p>\n<h3>Sometimes it&#8217;s just bad<\/h3>\n<p>Set up a lemonade stand with an offspring.\u00a0 Check the weather forecast: sunshine and lollipops.\u00a0 Lemons squeezed and bereft of their juices.\u00a0 Pitchers at the ready.\u00a0 Solo cups primed.<\/p>\n<p>The first thunderclap hits.\u00a0 Nary a cup of lemonade is sold that day.\u00a0 Bad luck.<\/p>\n<p>We can TRY to solve weather.\u00a0 Ski slopes and beach houses do this every day of their seasons.\u00a0 Some seasons just suck.\u00a0 Some days the lemonade stand is a bust.\u00a0 The elements are frequently outside of the realm of our control.<\/p>\n<p>Or slip and have an uncontrolled fall the night before you&#8217;re supposed to go bowling with the kids and bust up a couple ribs.<\/p>\n<p>Just plain bad luck.<\/p>\n<h3>Sometimes it&#8217;s good!<\/h3>\n<p>You find a quarter on the sidewalk outside a bowling alley.\u00a0 You didn&#8217;t <em>earn<\/em> that quarter.\u00a0 There was no build-up to the acquisition of said quarter.\u00a0 It fell out of someone&#8217;s pocket.\u00a0 You found it.\u00a0 It paid for a game of Galaga that you otherwise wouldn&#8217;t have played.<\/p>\n<p>Luck.<\/p>\n<p>Again, I&#8217;m still not entirely sure where this is going.\u00a0 We have a sampling of BOTH definitions of luck from above: total chance and ready-to-go response to an opportunity.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s keep going. In the event that you&#8217;re still with me, I consider myself LUCKY to have you here along with me.\u00a0 See?\u00a0 Luck!<\/p>\n<h2>Dependence On Luck For Success<\/h2>\n<p>This is the heart of what inspired this post in the first place.\u00a0 The queen of all voice acting, Tara Strong, had some words to say about success in the entertainment world.\u00a0 During an acceptance speech she made at the SOVAS &#8220;That&#8217;s Voiceover!&#8221; Career Expo, she noted a few powerful points that are worth repeating.<\/p>\n<p>There isn&#8217;t a transcript that I am aware of so I&#8217;m going to try to summarize what she had to say.\u00a0 Her career has been astounding.\u00a0 The number of roles multitudinous and her skill at them unrivaled.\u00a0 So for the most part, she has a pretty good handle on what is what.\u00a0 She talked about the fact that she has friends who are exquisitely talented actors who are not booking.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 They haven&#8217;t had that lucky break.<\/p>\n<p>That. Lucky. Break.<\/p>\n<p>Her commentary flies in the face of so many motivational speakers.\u00a0 Work hard!\u00a0 Grind!\u00a0 Hustle! (and not the 70s dance kind) Put in the reps!\u00a0 Get out there!\u00a0 Make your opportunities!\u00a0 Just keep at it and you will succeed!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just that &#8230; let&#8217;s get back to the folks Tara is talking about.\u00a0 Those people are working hard.\u00a0 Doing the grind.\u00a0 Hustling both on and off the dance floor.\u00a0 Putting in the reps.\u00a0 Auditioning.\u00a0 Getting in front of directors and producers.\u00a0 They&#8217;re REALLY GOOD at what they do.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re not booking.<\/p>\n<p>They haven&#8217;t had that one lucky break that changed the direction of their career.<\/p>\n<p>Is opportunity a form of luck or is it created?\u00a0 I guess the answer is &#8220;yes,&#8221; depending on how you look at it.<\/p>\n<h3>Looking back a few paragraphs<\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s go back to my Vince story.\u00a0 He wanted a Chapman Stick player for his local band and he was willing to look out of state to someone he was familiar with.\u00a0 This was compounded luck.\u00a0 He could have EASILY gone with a local Stick player! His region has plenty of them.\u00a0 What did I have that the other local stick players didn&#8217;t?<\/p>\n<p>The lucky break that made the connection.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not even <em>remotely <\/em>a capable Stick player compared to folks who play it every day and are skilled masters.\u00a0 I&#8217;m just good <em>enough <\/em>to rehearse for a few months and be ready for a show.<\/p>\n<p>Luck.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of that luck, he still keeps me on his call list for upcoming local shows.\u00a0 There may be more of them.\u00a0 I hope my luck won&#8217;t run out!\u00a0 Every opportunity to be part of his musical circle is a gift that I do not take for granted.<\/p>\n<h2>Final call<\/h2>\n<p>Now that I&#8217;ve written all this, I&#8217;m re-reading the stream of consciousness.\u00a0 My only conclusion is that the idea of luck is multi-faceted.\u00a0 Some of it is dictionary-defined chance, some based on unexpected opportunities.\u00a0 And in some cases, it&#8217;s careful planning and the idea of <em>making<\/em> one&#8217;s own luck.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I&#8217;m weird, but I find myself very rarely saying &#8220;good luck&#8221; to someone who is going to be doing something.\u00a0 My voice acting friends are probably sick of hearing me say &#8220;good skill!&#8221; when they get into the booth.\u00a0 Be it a directed session or an audition or a project that they&#8217;re working on, mostly it has nothing to do with luck at that point.\u00a0 The task that they are performing is skill-based.\u00a0 Sometimes we are better at the skill than others.\u00a0 So to that end, I wish them &#8220;good skill&#8221; with the hopes that they will be able to perform at peak capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Not that I expect any words of mine to influence their performance one way or another.\u00a0 But maybe, just maybe, well-wishes that aren&#8217;t based on chance might feel meaningful.\u00a0 They certainly feel meaningful to <em>me<\/em> when I wish them upon people whose skill I know to be of great efflorescent capability.\u00a0 Some of you reading this have been on the receiving end of it many times and are rolling your eyes right now.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for going down this rabbit hole with me.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure I got to any definitive answer, but it was fun thinking out loud.\u00a0 On the one hand, it was an exploration of ideas at a philosophical level.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, there&#8217;s always the chance that I&#8217;ll learn from this experience and write a blog that is FEWER than 2,000 words.<\/p>\n<p>Wish me luck!<\/p>\n<p>Until next week.<\/p>\n<p>-= george =-<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Concept of Luck - George Nowik - Voice Actor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Luck is one of those elusive things that sometimes we try to make less elusive. 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