I walked into a room not to long ago and overheard someone talking about me. “He is soooo lucky…”

Damn. I know I have been blessed. But for all the work I have put in, I was a little pissed to have my hard work be dismissed so easily as “Luck”. Then I had to get my head straight – it was just another self defeating hater.

See, what this person didn’t know was that you have to prepare to be lucky. My dad used to tell me “You better have your sh*t together before you start”. He would say this before I attempted anything I wanted to do. Even before getting married. He was right.

What he was saying is that you need to make sure you have your game lined up. You want to be rich? Start by eliminating waste. Once you eliminate waste – and for those who don’t know, waste is spending your money on anything you don’t NEED. You don’t need that Mocha in the morning. You don’t need that cigarette. You don’t need that drink. You don’t need that purse. You don’t need those rims.

But we are talking about budgeting and I will get into that in another post. What we are talking about now is preparation for success. Continue reading ‘You have to prepare to be lucky’