devin schumacher

i never want to be “lucky”...  and if you want to be successful in life, neither should you. here's why... 👇 one of the most common things I’ve noticed is people are always looking to get lucky - whether they are business people or creative people or Pharrell & Daft Punk circa 2013 - they’re looking for that “hack” or “trick” or “big break”. I've had 3+ hour long conversations with a good friend of mine, the late Rogelio Sikander (RIP amigo ❤️), debating whether or not you could replicate success or if you needed to be lucky. He said you HAD to be lucky to be successful - and this was coming from a guy who was making 400k/yr. WITHOUT working. Something I thought was astronomical at the time. I told him no f****ng way. my stance has always been “give me the work, the bad luck, the hardest road possible”. - Why? - because the more obstacles you overcome in the pursuit of whatever your goals might be, the more control you have over replicating & future proofing that succe