Luck is when opportunity meets hard work. The harder you work the luckier you get.

Alexander Hamilton, one of the United States founding Fathers and who currently sits on our $10 bill, knew this idea better than anyone. Born in the West Indies, with a dream of getting to America he started getting to work in his youth. As an orphan, he worked as a clerk for a shipping company and spent an enormous amount of time developing his writing skills. It was with this skill of writing that Hamilton inked a letter describing a devastating hurricane that left his homeland in ruin. In the wake of the destruction, Hamilton’s letter of the hurricane circulated his destroyed town and gave hope to the victims. It was this letter that ultimately moved the people of his town to create a fund to send him to America for a formal education. The rest of his story is history. Did Hamilton get lucky?

Sylvester Stallone, a struggling actor in 1975, whom movie directors consistently turned down due to the way he looked and talked. Director after director told him he would never be in their movie. So, he wrote his own movie. Stallone locked himself in his room, painted his windows black, and unplugged his phone. In three days he came out of his cave with a fully written script for the first Rocky movie. This, in turn, launched one of the most classic movie franchises in history. Did Sylvester Stallone get lucky?

Luck is when opportunity meets hard work.

As seen in these stories hard work increases the surface area for luck to fall on. You never know when your opportunity will come but it will come. The question is are you going to be ready for it?

Set yourself apart by creating your own luck. Be prepared for every opportunity that comes your way. Put in the work now and wait for your opportunity. It will come.

Go Out. Make a Difference.