Welcome to the Back Bedroom 2 Big Business podcast hosted by the inspiring coaches and entrepreneurs Dino Tartaglia & Simon Hartley. If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, have just gotten started on your business journey, or have been in the game for quite a while this will quickly become your new favorite podcast. Dino and Simon are honest about their own journeys as well as giving tips and strategies from loads of other successful entrepreneurs in all different markets and niches. Far from a boring, monotone, by-the-numbers business podcast, Dino and Simon are both energetic and excited to help you succeed!

In this episode, Dino and Simon do a swift review of last week's characteristic, in their six-part series, which was sharing passion and engaging others. Our hosts quickly move on to today's topic and the final in this series of characteristics displayed by successful entrepreneurs: getting lucky or experiencing the lucky break. Being in the right place at the right time is not by chance. It means we're in the right place often enough that the right time happens for us. Simon describes it as the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer effect. (soccer reference/explanation) Study for the game while sitting on the bench.

In the business world luck is engineered, it's not simply good fortune/good luck.

Awareness is an integral part of becoming successful and not depending on dumb-luck
Strategy
Application of knowledge
Get an education on what you do
- Watch competitors - build off of their mistakes
Become prepared

Re-reviewing all the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs for a wrap-up:

Identify a really valuable problem and be very passionate about solving it
Embrace the challenge
Continually solve problems
Share passion and engage other people
Get lucky, making their own luck

"Success doesn't happen by chance."

"It's not luck that drives success."

"Making your luck then puts luck as a very powerful tool."

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BB2BB006 Five Characteristics #5 - Get lucky (make your own luck)