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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
why is it so hard to just acknowledge that sometimes life events that mean nothing at the time can shape who you are and what you do in life which has little to do with hard work?
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I agree with that 100%.
But having said that...AGAIN, you have to have drive and ambition to take that OPPORTUNITY and run with it.
Everybody stumbles onto opportunity in their lives at some point (hell, in my case all the time). But the vast majority don't SEE the opportunity or don't WANT it.
They feel safe and secure working their job and/or are like most people and do enough to just get by.
Do you need to be in the right place at the right time? Hell yes. But again, that comes from desire.
Paul McCartney hooked up with John Lennon because of a shared PASSION and they frequented the same places...birds of a feather.
Same with Jobs & Wozniak.
And sometimes even that's not needed at all.
For example:
Though I've had dozens of things happen from "being in the right place at the right time" (which was BECAUSE I'm ambitious and driven)...I am right now in the middle of doing something not related to adult.
And the company I partnered up with for it?
That had nothing to do with "luck" or a "chance meeting".
It had everything to do with the work I've already done.
They saw some viral things I've filmed and when they contacted me they already knew everything about me.
Heck, I even turned them down for months because I just didn't have the hours in the day.
They surprised me at Internext by showing up at the center bar at The Hard Rock with a check written out to me if all I did was say "yes".
So I did.
And this may end up being the biggest deal I've ever gotten into when it's all said and done.
So yeah I do believe that hard work, perseverance, skills, knowledge, and drive are what lead to success.
Luck = Preparation + Opportunity
And most people don't have the preparation or recognize the opportunity.
Successful people DO.