wealth and success = luck
Tags: Luck, Wealth, Wealth Creation, Success, Successful

I’m full of example today. Take the ‘catch me outside meme. DR Phill had a show for so long. He has had many guests on before her but for some reason, hers was the one to go viral. I would consider something like that luck.

My brother runs a software and tech business. I remember him telling me of a couple ‘lucky’ clients they got. They were aiming for someone else (I can’t remember if they landed them) But shortly after he got randomly introduced to the head of the police force (he had some special name).

Who ended up becoming a client.

Is this luck?

Well, that isn’t very easy to delve into, but there was an element of luck. If he went home straight after the event or if he went to the toilet at the wrong time. There were hundreds of things that would have ‘stopped’ that interaction.

BUT… he would have never gotten it if his product was still in the beginner phase (if he didn’t spend a considerable amount of time on it). If it wasn’t at one of the best industry standards, the officer would have gone to someone else.

My point with this is you get lucky along the way. Maybe a more prominent YouTuber shouts you out… Perhaps a publisher runs with your story on Medium. Perhaps you say something meme-worthy in an interview and go viral.

Unless you have a friend or know someone in the business, it’s more than likely your story got published, or you got a shout out based on luck (But even that doesn’t hold up to scrutiny because the YouTuber or medium person has to see value in your post and value comes with hard work).

The answer becomes more complicated than you think

I wish I could give you a definitive answer. There’s a lot of luck in the success, or there’s little to none. I just can’t. It seems to me it’s based off, of each interaction and specific case.

The deeper I go to more confused I get.

Take being an athlete, for example.

Being a professional footballer (a real footballer) is hard. You have so much competition, and individual coaches are looking for unique things. To make it pro; there is a fair amount of luck involved.

The right coach has to look at you play at the right time. The right coach has to see your highlight video when there looking for a forward or a winger but if you send it in when they already have a fantastic attack. It’s going to be impossible to get in.

So not only do you have to suit a team but you have to make trails etc. My point is there is a large amount of luck involved. Counter to that; there is a load of backbreaking work. #on the grind and all those tags. Notice me, somebody. 😆😆😆

How much luck is involved when your playing two games a week and getting in front of every pair of eyes that will watch, and maybe sign you. Is that luck? If you play for a high-level team also helps.

There’s also the aspect of training. If your unfit then it will be impossible to get a contract. Fitness is not luck; it’s work.

As we go deeper, it gets more and more confusing.

What can we take away?

Yes, there is luck. Some are luckier than others. There is also a tremendous amount of work involved in getting that luck.

I love a quote which just popped into my mind. I think I’m the one who made it, but you never know nowadays.

The amount of work you do relates to the amount of luck you have.

The more you work the lower you need your luck to be. The less you work the higher you need it to be.

When it comes to success

I think there’s a balance (Insert Thanos meme here). I don’t think you get luck without work. Vice versa. When it comes to being a success you don’t get there without both. I consider it to be like the yin and yang. Complete opposites but they come together to make something indestructible.

When it comes to Wealth

When it comes to wealth. I believe it’s more hard work than luck. Of course, there are cases where that’s not true. I think the lottery is a valid example for this, where that was completely based on luck or ‘destiny’ if you believe in that sort of stuff (which I kinda do but that’s another post).

Even then most lottery winners file for bankruptcy within 3 years. For creating wealth, I believe work is a lot more important than wealth. When we start talking about that, you need to include working smarter which is a whole post on its own.

This post is long enough. I’ll leave you with my last bit of findings.

People tend to need a surge of luck and then let their talent speak for itself.

That young athlete gets a chance to play as a sub in a competitive game and scores the winner. That editor decides to give the writer a chance and post their work. The work speaks for itself and everybody loves it. The IT company gets a influencer to shout them out and their services and product gets a lot of orders.

It’s a little different from what I usually write

Peace