Rick White argues that luck isn't real. What looks like overnight success is years of preparation, hard decisions, and consistent effort. He uses rust as a metaphor: businesses decay when you delay acting on decisions.
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But let me ask you a question. What if luck isn't what you actually think it is? What if what you call luck is actually years of preparation, difficult decisions, uncomfortable growth, consistency, and intentional action that nobody ever saw? When you convince yourself that someone succeeded because they were lucky, What you're doing is removing responsibility from yourself. Because if they're lucky, you don't need to change. But here's the thing, rust never sleeps. A vehicle sitting untouched does not preserve itself. It deteriorates. And your business works the same way. Never leave the point of decision without taking immediate action. So—