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The Day I Realized Success Isn’t About Luck, It’s About Mindset
It was a rainy Monday morning, the kind of day that makes you want to stay in bed and avoid the world. I had just hit what felt like rock bottom. My business venture had failed, my savings were dwindling, and every effort to get back on my feet seemed to fall apart before it even began. I was sitting in my tiny apartment, staring at the rain trickling down the window, wondering if I was just one of those people who wasn’t destined for success. Luck, I thought bitterly, had never been on my side.
That’s when it hit me: maybe the problem wasn’t bad luck. Maybe the problem was me.
A Series of “Bad Luck”
For years, I had blamed my circumstances on luck. When I didn’t get the promotion I wanted, I chalked it up to favoritism. When my business idea didn’t take off, I told myself it was because the market wasn’t ready. When I compared myself to successful friends and colleagues, I assumed they had some inherent advantage — better connections, better timing, or just plain good fortune.
I had crafted a narrative where I was the victim of a capricious universe, and honestly, it was comforting. If success was about luck, then my failures weren’t my fault. But deep down, I knew this mindset wasn’t helping me. It was keeping me stuck.
