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May 23, 2025 2 mins

Success isn't about luck, it's about consistent effort, resilience, and dedication that often goes unseen. What others casually dismiss as luck is actually years of invisible hustle, early mornings, late nights, and unwavering commitment when nobody's watching or applauding.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Life is waiting for you each day and you have to
prepare for each challenge alongthe way towards success.
It's not simple, but it can bedone.
Welcome to my Common SenseMotivation episodes.
I'm Chris Fantastic Powell.
The Lie Called Luck.
People love to say it aboutothers they just got lucky.

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They see someone rise, breakthrough, build something
powerful and instead of lookingdeeper, they slap the lazy label
on it called luck.
But let's be real.
Luck is not a strategy.
Luck doesn't build empires.
Luck doesn't stay up late.
Luck doesn't grind throughrejection, sacrifice and silence

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.
People do.
Yeah, luck might crack the dooropen, but effort kicks it wide
open.
Luck might light the match, butdiscipline is what keeps the
fire alive.
And here's the truth.
What they call luck is oftenyears of invisible hustle.
It's the early mornings, it'sthe lonely nights.
It's the commitment when noone's clapping.

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It's the resilience when no onesees.
You're always hearing people saythat others just got lucky.
Their business did a milliondollars.
Luck he or she lost all theirweight.
Luck they got a scholarship tothe best college.
Luck she got a promotion.
Luck.
But the real truth people don'twant to face is to get lucky

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means someone moved lazy out ofthe way and used a lot of hard
work to so-called get lucky.
But let's be clear lucky, ifthat's what you want to use,
doesn't hang around the lazy.
It rewards the ready, therelentless, the committed.
So stop chasing luck, startbuilding consistency, because in

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the end, success doesn't fallfrom the sky.
It rises from the grind.
You just keep showing up andone day they too will call you
lucky.
But you'll know the truth thatyou've earned every inch of your
success.
Make it happen.
I'm Chris Fantastic Powell.
Thank you for listening.
For books, e-books or audiobooks, visit

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chrisfantasticpowellcom or findthem on Amazon.
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