I’m not a big fan of the word ‘lucky’, specifically when it is used in a sentence like ‘you’re lucky to have so much money’.
There is nothing ‘lucky’ about me having the amounts of money I have.
I have what I have by choice and work.
I made specific decisions, set targets and goals, and then worked towards them.
Yes, there may be days where the planets aligned and things went better than expected… but I still had to put myself in the right place and do the right things to experience the results I wanted.
Samuel Goldwyn said:
“The harder I work, the luckier I get.”
It is true.
When someone appears to be living a wonderful life gifted with a lot of ‘luck’, it is usually the result of a series of decisions and actions that they had previously made rather than some benevolent universal force gifting goodies out to a handful of people.
For example, a young radio presenter lands himself the lead role on a new television show and then lands himself a book deal with a big name publisher for his children’s books.
The radio presenter lands roles and deals that ordinary people can only dream of.
From the outside, he appears to be ‘lucky’.
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I use this example because I know a person who has written children’s stories and dislikes the fact that celebrities are publishing children’s books through big publishing houses and gaining instant sales.
I understand his dismay; it looks like ordinary people are not getting a look-in. They are being completely overlooked.
The problem isn’t that celebrities like the radio presenter are ‘lucky’ and that others are not…
It’s just that he has put himself in the sights of television executives and publishing houses by becoming a popular radio presenter.
They have seen what he can do and what he can bring to the table.
He may already have a large fan base which can mean instant viewers and sales lowering their risk.
Being liked by thousands of people that can potentially lead to a lot of sales can have a powerful effect on your ‘approval’ status with book publishers and television executives.
It’s easier to take a chance on a person who has hundreds of thousands of people listening to his radio show than an ordinary person who is only known to his close friends and family.
The fact that he is already known and liked means instant sales which will help cover book promotion costs etc.
Unfair?
Perhaps…
Lucky?
No, it’s just how life works.
He worked hard to get into the position of being a popular radio presenter.
He worked hard proving that he can present live radio shows and handle live situations when covering gigs and festivals.
As part of his job he would have attended awards ceremonies and spoken to the right people in a way that impressed.
Luck didn’t just pick him up and drop him into good positions and situations. Luck is not a big magic Genie… it is a result.
It is the result of doing specific things and making specific decisions.
It is the combination of previous decisions and actions. They all have a knock-on effect which take you in specific directions and expose you to specific people.
It is the same with everything in life.
The other day someone told Andi , our remote working techy guy, that he was ‘lucky’ to be living in Portugal.
There was no luck involved, he had spent a long time working through the visa process and getting himself into a position where it was unlikely that they would refuse him.
Many others have done it and many more will do it too, there was no luck involved… it was down to doing what was necessary to make it happen.
And that’s the important part… you have to make things happen.
I appreciate that it is ‘only a saying’, but I think it is a harmful saying because it can have people who say it a lot thinking that they cannot achieve the same things that other people can.
This is not true.
You make your own luck in this world.
You have to make things happen.
It’s as simple as that.
If you want to enjoy more money than you currently have then you need to make it happen.
If you want an extra one or two grand each month, you have to find a way to make it… and luck has nothing to do with it.
Luck is something lazy people rely on… wealthy people rely on action, decisions, systems and businesses.
One such business that can easily pay you an extra £1,000 or more each month is the business of selling products through the use of email.
Done correctly, selling products via email can be one of the easiest and fastest ways to make money.
You write an email, send it, and wait for the notifications informing you that you have had sales and made money.
It can be that easy.
To learn more, click the link below:
The Email Secret
Kind Regards
John Harrison
PS… Because this is all done online, it can be done from anywhere in the world. It is a method of making money that you can take with you wherever you travel. That’s what I call freedom!
Here’s that link again: