Just Lucky I Guess – Kitchen Table Talks

Hey Chris – well said. I think we all know of people who sit around doing nothing but whining about how well others have done well for themselves without acknowledging all the work that went into doing well.
Similarly we know people who want to crush the competition rather than work hard at establishing themselves and improving their own brand (products and services). It brings to mind Gary Vaynerchuks quick video on his facebook page a couple of days ago about all the work and effort can mean nothing if your product is crap… etc.,

You have a great brand (YOU) because you worked hard at it – you developed it and people have responded in the tens of thousands by subscribing to what you do…

Is that 'lucky' – nope! It's reward for all the hard work and all the 'giving' that you do! You earned it buddy.

I've always heard that “luck” is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Keep up the good work. Luck doesn't just happen it takes place over time. Even if it were luck, as my teammate in 6th grade once mused . . . “Luck Counts.” Collin Harbour

This post reflects a basic truth – “Luck is the residue of diligence” (unknown)

Anyone who has followed you for any length of time knows that you work harder than almost anyone…harder, indeed, than many of us are willing to work. Those who aren't willing should never cast stones, and it makes me sad that you've gotten these kinds of comments. Life is too short not to rejoice in the success of others and admire the work it took them to get there. Especially when they give back as much as you do.

Love it. The harder I work, the luckier I get. That, to me, says it all…

Luck is the result of preparedness for any situation…and Luck is a CHOICE.

A friend and mentor, Linda Toupin, would always remind those in her space of this very basic life truth: “You are where you are in your life today by the choices you made or allowed others to make for you.

Cheers,
Zane

Great video. It is not luck so many people do not realize what it takes to actually run a business, be a successful marketer or have a successful blog. I think this video helps people realize that you and many others are not just handed your “celebrity” so to speak you have earned every bit of it.

I'm lucky I watched your video! It's our nature to be jealous of another's success and not recognize the effort it took for
them to get there. I've always been taught that we create our own luck through working hard.

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Hi Chris. Someone must have really tweaked you to prompt this posting. I don't come here every day but this one took me back a little. You were not your usual cheerful self.

If you ever get out to Detroit let me know. You can come stay at our wee hotel on us. I'm buying and it will have nothing to do with luck. You work your tail off and I want to thank you for making me think more efficiently.

Cal

Thanks for the video and outlining what it takes to be “lucky”.

“I make my own luck.” That's a phrase I've believed in completely. People say, “oh man right place, right time, you're lucky.” Ummm…nope, I paid expenses to be there or I made the decision to be there I just didn't fall from the sky and “poof” something happened.

I was reading some of the responses on here and we all pretty much seem to agree. Winners commit, they fight for every inch they get. Sure some are more successful than others depending on our definitions of success, but nothing hinders us from achieving what we want to achieve (realistically speaking of course).

My 5th grade teacher said something that till this day I keep in mind when I'm trying to figure out how to do something. “There's more than one way to skin a cat.” She said that more than anyone I ever knew, but it's reality folks, there's more than one road to your goal. Successful people take the time to find that path, complainers want the path pointed out to them.

Thanks for sharing Chris, you're so lucky! :)

Anyway, this was awesome. As always it really feels like you capture their personalities, even though I don’t really know them 8D Loved that it just didn’t jump into the relationship, it gets kind of tiring reading about people falling in love after three paragraphs XD

Awesome video and you are so right. Success is not luck. It is extremely hard work and sacrifice that alot of people are not willing to make and when they see someone else with it they say that person is so lucky. They do not see the behind the sences work that person is doing that makes them so successful.

I used to love Sugar Daddies, Joan.. Talk about breaking your teeth!!!! ha… AND there was one called “Bit-O-Honey” which I loved.. Those little brown and white things in your pictures were good too.. I remember I think they had peanut butter in them. Can't think of their name.I would never have noticed that capital “T” in the 2nd line if you hadn't had pointed it out.

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Chris, as we say in the UK, that was ‘harsh but fair’. It’s the same message I take from the Samuel Goldwyn/Gary Player quote “The harder I work, the luckier I get”. In a nutshell, there’s no substitute for graft and if you want to be successful, you have to accept that commitment and tenacity – slogging it out – are absolutely unavoidable.