I Don't Believe In Luck

In 2020, Morgan Housel published "The Psychology of Money". It was his first book. That book has now sold nearly 4 million copies.

I do not believe in luck.

And I believe in luck.

In 2020, Morgan Housel published "The Psychology of Money". It was his first book. That book has now sold nearly 4 million copies.

According to Morgan Housel, he didn't see this coming. He never imagined the book would see this number of copies, no matter how successful it became. In short, he was lucky. He feels lucky. And he is grateful.

But wait, is it just luck?

Before Morgan Housel wrote this book, he had been a columnist for decades already. He had been writing for nearly 20 years. He had read countless books. He had read many newspapers going back to the first years of the 20th Century. For a period, he had written one article every day! One piece every day!

So, when Morgan Housel wrote his first book, he was bringing all this experience into the book. He was bringing all this hard work into the book. He laboured over every sentence. He laboured over every word. He laboured over every chapter. As you read that book, every sentence is a sentence you want to keep. .

So, was Morgan Housel lucky?

Morgan Housel was lucky. But before he was lucky, he had put in all the work. When the luck came, he was ready. He had done everything from his end.

I don't believe in luck. And I believe in luck.