what does success come from? From taking risks or careful planning

Some people believe that success in life comes from taking risks or chances. Others believe that success results from careful planning. In your opinion, what does success come from? Use specific reason and examples to support your answer.

Sending a man to the moon is one of humanities greatest accomplishments. What was the key to the success of the space program? Was meticulous planning and hard effort, enough to lead to the success? The issue expressed in the given statement is controversial. Strong arguments exist in support of either perspective, because on the one hand what immediately spring to mind is the hard working and years of planning that were made previous to the launch of Apollo 11. On the other hand, the success of the mission involved great risks, and without those risks sending a man to the moon would have been impossible. In my opinion, careful scheduling plays a greater role in the successful outcome, for the following reasons.

To begin with, when you plan ahead you are more likely to succeed for the reason that you minimize the risk of failing. The first thing that planning involves is to set your goals and find ways to accomplish them. The second is to make a risk assessment. In other words, you investigate the dangerous, problems or contingencies that can occur. Indeed, large multinational companies have special teams that are responsible of risk management. That way the company can avoid making any wrong investments, and have an emergency plan ready when something goes wrong. An event that has made a lasting impression on me was the BP oil crisis in the gulf of Mexico. Bp had a risk management team, but their engineers were not prepared for a damage of that extent. When they finally managed to close the well they publicly admitted that if they had a plan ready, the extent of the damage would have been smaller.
Another area were planning seems the key to success is in education. For example, when I was in the university I had a study plan in order to pass the exams and obtain my degree. As a general rule, if you want to succeed in an academic environment you need to have a plan and not take risks. From the above examples one can see that by taking everything into consideration you can have a plan ready even for the possibility of a misfortune.
In conclusion, when one has taken carefully thought actions and has planned ahead is not only more likely to succeed, but also to keep succeeding in the future. However, we should bear in mind, that behind every extraordinary accomplishment, there were charismatic individuals how were brave enough to take the necessary risks.