Hi everyone,
I was thinking recently that a lot of people who have become majorly rich did so because of a lucky break more than anything else. They were at the right place at the right time. The same goes for a few of the well-off folks on this board. Some of you were dabbling in the stock market, running a business, or participating in some other investment, and, though you couldn't have predicted it ahead of time, it just turned out to be right.
Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that having the resources, strength, and knowledge to take advantage of that lucky break weren't important, too, but I am curious - how many folks on here attribute their ability (or their future ability) to FIRE to more or less dumb luck, and how many folks think it has come purely from their own hard work and planning? And if you say it was from luck, was it real, out of the blue luck, or was it the kind of "luck" you had to work and slave for in order to take advantage of it when you saw it?
Just wondering!
I was thinking recently that a lot of people who have become majorly rich did so because of a lucky break more than anything else. They were at the right place at the right time. The same goes for a few of the well-off folks on this board. Some of you were dabbling in the stock market, running a business, or participating in some other investment, and, though you couldn't have predicted it ahead of time, it just turned out to be right.
Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that having the resources, strength, and knowledge to take advantage of that lucky break weren't important, too, but I am curious - how many folks on here attribute their ability (or their future ability) to FIRE to more or less dumb luck, and how many folks think it has come purely from their own hard work and planning? And if you say it was from luck, was it real, out of the blue luck, or was it the kind of "luck" you had to work and slave for in order to take advantage of it when you saw it?
Just wondering!