One of the biggest misconceptions of life is to think that if you continuously work hard, you’ll eventually be at the top. If you decided right now to dedicate your life to become the greatest rock climber, business man, artist, or lawyer, do you think you would eventually get there? The answer is “No”. You may learn a lot about it or be better than the next guy, but expecting to be the best is just naive. Sure life is a bunch of little battles but in the end, to be on the VERY top, you have to get lucky, you have to risk, and you have to be willing make the climb to the top. You have to realize that in almost anything, its not what you know or how hard you work, it’s who you know.

These rules apply if you want to be at the top. Its easy to be average or even fairly above average. But getting to the top takes a lot more than hard work.

• Be willing to risk it all.
• Sometimes you have to forget about the details… the devil’s in the details.
• Meet and appreciate everyone… People will always be your biggest assett.
• Realize that nothing would exist if there wasn’t a person behind the scenes.
• If you see an opportunity, take it.
• Everything is a competition. But there can be multiple winners. Bring your friends, if they’ll let you.

So, when you read a motivational book or hear a speach that makes you want to turn your life around, realize that trying hard is just the half of it. Sometimes you’ve got to get lucky.

“Don’t tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done.”