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davidsteinsaltz's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't realise before I bought it that the author is a professional cricketer. Quite a bit of an emphasis on luck in sports. But not bad, for all that.
milandeep's review against another edition
4.0
A lot of people don't believe in luck. Everyone wants to think that they are the master of their own destinies. But there are a lot of things which happen to us because of luck - sometimes good and sometimes bad. A lot of people would be happier if they had a better understanding and acceptance of the existence of luck in their lives.
In Luck, Ed Smith writes about how he started believing in luck by reassessing his life after he had to stop playing as a professional cricketer after a freak injury on the cricket field. The book is his personal journey mixed with some observations and interviews about other lucky people. What shines through in Smith's writing is his common sense and clarity of thought when he looks back at his life.
In Luck, Ed Smith writes about how he started believing in luck by reassessing his life after he had to stop playing as a professional cricketer after a freak injury on the cricket field. The book is his personal journey mixed with some observations and interviews about other lucky people. What shines through in Smith's writing is his common sense and clarity of thought when he looks back at his life.
venkyloquist's review against another edition
3.0
Ed Smith was a budding and talented English cricketer whose hopes for an extended international career were put paid by a freak ankle injury suffered while playing for Middlesex. Undaunted by this set back, Smith substituted a pen for his trusted willow and is currently flourishing in his second avatar as a leading writer for the prestigious 'The Times'
In this arresting work, Smith takes up in earnest the concept of luck and the influence that wields in the life of a human being. Are we justified in cocking a snook at luck and relegating it to the confines of the unreliable? Or are we deliberately, albeit unsuccessfully blind in recognizing the powerful as well as the pernicious outcomes that can be carved out by luck or chance?
These are some of the interesting questions to which Smith tries to seek out plausible and rational answers. In the process he proceeds to postulate incredible theories, interspersed with incredible real life experiences (including those experienced by him personally).
You will never employ the term "luck" in a loose fashion ever again!
In this arresting work, Smith takes up in earnest the concept of luck and the influence that wields in the life of a human being. Are we justified in cocking a snook at luck and relegating it to the confines of the unreliable? Or are we deliberately, albeit unsuccessfully blind in recognizing the powerful as well as the pernicious outcomes that can be carved out by luck or chance?
These are some of the interesting questions to which Smith tries to seek out plausible and rational answers. In the process he proceeds to postulate incredible theories, interspersed with incredible real life experiences (including those experienced by him personally).
You will never employ the term "luck" in a loose fashion ever again!
davidsteinsaltz's review
3.0
I didn't realise before I bought it that the author is a professional cricketer. Quite a bit of an emphasis on luck in sports. But not bad, for all that.
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