This will probably blow your mind. It’s the greatest kept secret.

99% of the world is under the illusion that some people are luckier than others, have an easier time than others, and so forth…

People who live with this notion believe that some people are more fortunate while others are not.

As a result, millions of people live under the illusion that one day they’ll get the one lucky break, perhaps win the jackpot or lottery, that’ll get them to the ‘promised land’.

What misconception!

Of course this is all bullshit created by Hollywood movies, fiction writers and the media to hype the idea that some people are luckier than others. It’s the biggest lie ever told.

That’s why there’s a multi-billion dollar gambling industry.

That’s why there’s a multi-billion dollar betting industry.

Did you know that 90% of the world’s wealth is controlled by about 1,000 families?

You heard that right – 1,000 families. Can you believe that?

Strangely, these families did not get there by a stroke of luck as you might imagine. They worked hard and many of them faced many odds, failure and rejection to get there.

Now, let’s get back to our greatest kept secret. It’s the world’s most treasured secret. It was crafted by the wisest man who ever lived on the face of the earth and also the richest man ever. He was also the greatest king who ever lived.

This is what he wrote in his own words:

“I returned and saw under the sun that –

The race is not to the swift,

Nor the battle to the strong,

Nor bread to the wise,

Nor riches to men of understanding,

Nor favour to men of skill,

But time and chance happen to them all.”

- Ecclesiastes 9:11

If you think this is religion, think again!

At its very best, this is called wisdom – and without it you will never even come close to joining the list of 10,000,000 wealthiest families in the world.

Is it possible? YES!

Is it easy? NO!

No one ever had it easy in life. None. This is a fact you can take to the bank any time. And you better come to terms with this fact sooner or you’ll never make it. And if you think those who inherited wealth or won a lottery has it easy, think again. A survey of lottery winners in the US, found that a staggering 80% of all lottery winners had lost it all within only 5 years.

Before the 19th century, wealth could only be gotten by inheritance.

The industrial revolution is regarded as the first technology revolution because it revolutionized the way wealth was created by automating production.

Subsequent technology revolutions such as the computer revolution, the PC revolution and the information revolution completely transformed wealth creation. The information revolution has completely democratized wealth creation regardless of age, race, color or geographical location.

The Forbes list of 400 top billionaires in the US indicates that over 69% of new billionaires are self-made. Eleven of those billionaires are women.

According to king Solomon’s statement mentioned earlier, everybody on earth has a chance (opportunity). While your opportunity may not be similar to mine, some opportunities are hard to implement and take years to bear fruit, others are easy and can yield results within days, weeks or months.

Life never brings opportunities in any particular order. Opportunities are like sea waves – some high, some low. And events cannot be predicted with certainty. It’s up to you to choose which wave you want to ride. However, life expects you to choose at least one opportunity and implement it without complaining.

The problem is that most people want things to happen faster and under their terms. The difference between success and failure depends on how you implement an opportunity without complaining. The difference is in the implementation.

Most people prefer to have it easy in life but in reality, things don’t go the way we want them. And when they fail, they blame it on bad luck or misfortune. The fact that you have tried something and failed doesn’t mean you should abandon it. Falling doesn’t mean failure. You can always try again. You only fail when you don’t stand up again.

Before going any further, I’d like to make a bold statement:

SUCCESS OR FAILURE IS DETERMINED BY THE CHOICES WE MAKE, NOT BY LUCK.

If we were to take this one step further, we will remember what someone once said:

“I’m a great believer in luck. I’ve found that the harder I work, the more I have of it.” – Thomas Jefferson

Another important thing to remember is that when making choices in life, we should choose very wisely and carefully. The same goes for all life’s choices such as choosing a career, choosing a life partner, or making a business decision and so on… The reason is that a single mistake can cost you a lifetime.

This fact is further proven by surveying some people in history who despite many odds, made significant impact in life.