«To be a billionaire, you have got to
get lucky,» Cuban says.
Making one mistake doesn't doom you to a lifetime of financial struggle, and
getting lucky once — even winning the lottery — doesn't necessarily mean you're set for life.
«To be a billionaire, you have got to
get lucky,» Cuban said.
You got lucky with the first two.»
How did
I get that lucky?
Sometimes you'll
get lucky, like I did here, and produce a meal with even greater restorative powers than usual — check it out:
And then, he says, «
I got lucky.
If
I get lucky enough that if and when he leaves Apple, you just want to give him money.
When you find a date that adds up to the exact number that your birthday adds up to, you've
got a lucky day.
Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal play a pair of teens who head on a road trip with an older woman, but come to learn that there's more in store than
getting lucky as they learn about themselves and the realities of life.
Finally, she and her hubby
got lucky and she conceived.
There is a misconception out there when it comes to entrepreneurship that all successful people «
got lucky» or created an overnight success out of the blue.
But even today, people insist Facebook was an overnight success and that
they got lucky because of the way the media portrays it and the way people try to come up with justifications for it.
And «if you can outwork the rest of the population, you're going to
get lucky.»
But if I did, and if I happened to
get lucky, my choice would be different.
«If you can outwork the rest of the population, you're going to
get lucky.»
Every entrepreneur has that moment — an experience, an epiphany, getting fired, getting desperate, getting fed up;
getting lucky enough to have the right mentor — that inspired them to someday become an entrepreneur.
Sure, you may
get lucky and convert a few random prospects into paying customers, but that isn't a sustainable business model for long - term success.
Outliers, like a player on the opposite team
getting lucky and having the game of his life, were out of our control but we never succumbed or ceded control of the game.
Political money overwhelmingly favors incumbents, but sometimes a challenger
gets lucky.
It made sense that people would buy it to communicate, and Apple
got lucky that it became a big gaming device,» says Pachter, throwing cold water on the possibility of Apple repeating history.
-LSB-: don't you just love the losers in the comments on who bash anyone who is successful as
getting lucky?
Too many people who
got lucky think that they're smart.
And while luck can absolutely play a small part, hoping to
get lucky won't help you hit it big.
After his second lockout, it could be argued that the NHL
got lucky with its infusion of new talent.
The clip on performance bias, for example, explains why some people are perceived as naturally talented, while others as having «
gotten lucky.»
The pivotal moment, DeLuca says, came about 10 years ago, when Subway positioned itself as a healthful, quick alternative to burgers and fries, created a strategy for major expansion — and
got lucky when Jared Fogle discovered the company's low - fat subs.
I've played absolutely perfectly before, put in a masterful performance, and then my perfect play evaporated because one guy lost his mind and
got lucky.
Instead, people think
they got lucky, slipped in or benefit from an unusual amount of help.
You might hear this story and wonder if Cho and his team
got lucky.
Try to
get lucky at the party!
People can
get lucky and win.
Once in a while though,
they get lucky.
There are a lot of people who are much smarter than I am, who are much more visionary thinkers, and who worked a lot harder, but who just didn't
get the lucky breaks.
Sure I worked hard, but
I got lucky as well.
Nate Kontny, an entrepreneur, discusses the importance of luck in his success: «
I got lucky a writer with a lot of clout took interest in my project — interest that started because he once worked on a similar project seven years prior, so he understood the challenges I was addressing.
With two different lottery games to play, each with a draw every single day there are plenty of chances to
get lucky.
I was lucky enough to get on the precious metal industry in December when it was at its bottom but at the end of the day, I just
got lucky with the timing.
«People
get lucky sometimes, but no one has been able to consistently beat the market through active management,» says Certified Financial Planner Eric Roberge.
The one time
you get lucky is not worth the ten times you get the OJ treatment.
Expensive unless
you get lucky, but it lasts a LONG time and so is economical from the long view.
You can
get lucky in this game and make some fast money.
But his bet does underscore a powerful investing lesson we can all benefit from: You might
get lucky every once in a while trying to time the market, but over time, it often doesn't even work for the pros.
If anyone knows how to
get lucky off a worthless asset, it's Mark Cuban.
Ryanair's fare cuts helped, but it also
got lucky with rivals» bankruptcies.
So much so that I put in 8,000 into the stock when it was at $ 8 and sold at $ 13 thinking
I got lucky.
Mr Koeppel said the industry
got lucky when it stumbled across the Cavendish as a replacement, following the loss of Gros Michel production.
They got lucky with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who helped advance plans in the face of opposition.
So will
he get lucky the third time around?
Dig into other funds «investments, IRR and quarterly cash flow multiples to identify outliers (the funds that
got lucky with one big exit), and eliminate them from your peer group with one click.