A great Japanese warrior named Nobunaga was going to war with a fierce enemy with only one-tenth the number of men the opposition commanded. He knew that he could win the fight with a well planned strategy, but his soldiers were in doubt.
On the way the leader stopped at a Shinto shrine and told his men: “After my visit to the shrine I will toss a coin. If the head comes, we will win; if tails, we will lose. Destiny holds us in her hand.”
Nobunaga entered the shrine and offered his prayers. Then he came forth and tossed a coin in front of his men. Heads appeared. The soldiers were filled with confident and were eager to win the battle.
“No one can change the hand of destiny,” one of his attendants told him after the battle.
“Indeed not,” said Nobunaga and showed the coin which was doubled with heads on the both side.
Learning from this story:
Many times while executing things we depend so much on luck or destiny & we forget about strategy building. I am not saying that depending on luck & destiny is a bad thing but only depending upon the same is not right I believe.
So we should keep L.U.C.K. in mind means Labor Under Correct Knowledge. Nobunaga had correct / right knowledge about the behavior, mindset & like dislikes of team (soldiers). So he made strategy as per the same & they won the battle.
“Good Luck means when opportunity meets preparations… The more you PREPARE the less you REPAIR”
