tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225688888137787246.post7775117788746773639..comments2024-03-05T05:19:39.927-06:00Comments on dorigamii: Happiness: Hard Work & A Little LuckDorigamiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11974300255506187209noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225688888137787246.post-64924716069522116642015-10-17T12:40:15.433-05:002015-10-17T12:40:15.433-05:00I've had something similar happen to me, thoug...I've had something similar happen to me, though the discussion is typically couched in terms of "privilege" more than luck with my peers. I definitely get hopping mad when people treat me in a way that suggests they think that things come easily for me. I come from a fairly wealthy town with a lot of very wealthy Asian-American families, and that tends to be the demographic of Asian-American that enters my profession, so stereotypes and assumptions about my level of privilege are common. (My graduate school and similar programs tend to attract a fairly well to do crowd generally.) <br /><br />Oh and I've totally cried in front of my boss and peers (during our somewhat low-stakes summer internship to boot), so I've had that experience too. It was definitely not ideal, yikes! I'd like to think I do a good job of picking myself up and learning from any setbacks, though. Xin @ Invincible Summerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06880478894796779040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225688888137787246.post-54221749406506486512015-10-16T05:36:43.578-05:002015-10-16T05:36:43.578-05:00Well firstly I would never say to someone that the...Well firstly I would never say to someone that they didn't understand, because you never know someone else's whole story! As for luck vs hard work, I think it's a mixture of both. Obviously hard work is what will take you far but I'm lucky for a lot of things which might have changed what I would've been able to achieve, like parental support and home situation,or even my totally random combination of DNA which has meant that I'm a relatively healthy person. I'm also lucky that I got unlucky a couple of times, because that's how I've been lead to this point in my life so far haha. I guess it depends on what you count as luck!Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08689713976270222518noreply@blogger.com