When others call you lucky

[Travis Beehler]

Hey all!

Just finishing up a real estate deal, and when I mentioned it to a friend of mine, he simply say "Oh, you're just lucky".  Something about that just irritated me.

It's not "luck" when I saved my money to buy a rental.

It's not "luck" when I didn't buy the latest shiny toys and everyone else did.

It's not "luck" when I do tons of research and ask questions when everyone else is out having fun.

It was hard work and determination.  It was having the courage to take a step towards financial independence.  It was taking a calculated risk.

In other words, it was the complete opposite of "luck".

Anyone else have people like this in their lives chalking your hard work up to simple luck?

[Linda Weygant]

Yes, my sister recently used that one on me.

It's akin to the doctor who spends 12 hours in surgery on a heart transplant and when the patient survives, everybody says "Thank God!"