Why Everyone Thinks You're Lucky
Your "overnight success" took ten years. But that's not the story they tell.
Dear unlearners,
They see you launch your book and call it overnight success.
They missed the three years of 5 AM writing sessions.
They see your promotion and say you got lucky.
They didn't see the weekend projects, the extra courses, the networking events you dragged yourself to when you'd rather be home.
They see your business exit and assume you hit the jackpot.
They weren't there for the failed launches, the rejected pitches, the nights you ate ramen to fund your next attempt.
People love the highlight reel. The invisible work gets erased.
Here's why they call it luck: it protects their ego.
If you're lucky, they're off the hook.
If you're talented, well, talent is rare.
But if you just worked harder than everyone else?
That means they could've done it too.
And that's uncomfortable.
So they edit the story. They skip the boring parts, the grinding parts, the parts where you showed up when nobody was watching.
Luck becomes their explanation for your success and their excuse for their own inaction.
Here's the truth: luck exists. But it has a preference.
It shows up for the people who've been preparing. It finds the ones who've been working when everyone else was sleeping.
Stop worrying about whether people see your work.
Keep doing it.
Let them call it luck.
That's just how the story gets told.
Until next time,
Cammi
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