17 Year Old Becomes Millionaire With Jewelry Company

I somewhat believe in luck. That being said, it depends on how you define luck. Is luck buying a lottery ticket and winning? Or is luck making a product - putting time, money and effort into it and getting 'lucky' for it to become successful. It all depends on how you perceive the term 'luck'. Obviously excellent products are more destined to being successful simply because they're superior - however it's not always the case. Your marketing skills determine how successful a product can be. I believe it's more of a skill to be successful, but sometimes luck can be added into the equation for faster and higher success.

Sometimes success is based on pure luck, but more often than not it takes work and a skill to becoming successful, no matter how hard you try to become lucky.

Que sera, sera. (What will be, will be)

Interesting how one of the largest unanswered philosophical questions magically shows up on an internet marketing forum =]

Nice article.

To answer your question...

If you work hard and have skills, the odds of success are statistically enhanced.

But be warned.

Destiny is one thing; sometimes fate hands us a different hand.

Interesting. I believe that we are all good at something or at least better at some things than others. Like a subject at school, sometimes you enjoy one class but don't another. I believe that if you can make money from something you finding interesting or enjoyable on some level, then you will be successful. How successful I don't know.

People tell me I'm lucky to be able to work online and travel the world.

Where does luck come into it?

I decided I wanted to work online and travel the world and so I did.

Great story!

I would say luck comes down to more of being in the right place/right time and also being prepared for it.

Getting Facebook big can take a little luck, but not success.

Success isn't luck.

It is very interesting because I do believe there is a portion that is luck for some of the big grand-slam businesses that have skyrocketing exponential growth.

I listen to many business interview podcasts and one underlying thing I notice is that many that have had those type of successes attribute it to luck. They were in the right market with the right product at the right time.

Having said that though I do believe that you can become a success through hard work and dedication. Build the empire over time and you can have a sustainable career and thriving success.

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This teenager took an idea, ran with it, she's now successful and people on here want to chalk it up to luck, some outside factor, or other nonsense...

She had an idea, didn't f**k around, and just did it... the only factor she had going for her was she was dumb enough to just do it.

This really makes me wish I was more motivated when I was 17.

Hey guys,
If you are working day and night on right things or methods so it would be possible that you'll be rich but if you are working day and night on right things, right place OR right methods But still you are not getting success that is your "LUCK".Some times people work hard but not getting success then they thought this is their bad luck.

Someone just told me that luck doesn't have anything to do with success because if you kept trying and trying you will eventually become lucky.

If you want to be lucky you just have to keep trying until you bump into the right chance while being prepared to take advantage of this chance when it appears.

So does luck has anything to do with success?

In fact that will depend on your understanding of luck. If you understood these concepts well you will realize that the problem isn't in the question but its in the understanding of luck itself.

Somebody smart once said :

"The harder I work, the luckier I seem to get."

Lot of truth in that..

Interesting story of a lucky guy.

Entrepreneurs and poker players create their own luck. If you haven't figured out how yet, you haven't tried enough.

Luck is very important – it could mean the difference between success and failure.

I'm not sure if I believe too much in luck, rather I believe in increasing your odds by doing the right things like working hard and being persistent.

Luck? A big NO.

For me, nothing happens by chance my friend.

Success depends on mindset and hard work. Period. Be ready to challenge yourself and change your mindset to be able to accomplish your goals.

Here's a chinese proverb that i really like

"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."

We're lucky just being alive

I do believe in luck in a way. Did she bone up on biz skills, marketing skills? prob not, did she meticulously scour the market for opportunities? not really, other than have a liking for lockets. Did she know anything about network marketing? prob not, just thought home parties would be a good idea.

If you read an article on her company, it is really run by adults in her family and industry professionals who really grew it. She is more or less the marketing face and is actually an intern at her own company.

good for her for taking ACTION!!! But I did think she lucked out hitting a nice niche and things worked out.

However, you cannot get lucky if you don't take action. She took action and got lucky. Taking action puts you in the top 95% and a little luck can put you in the top 1% or top .1%

as far as bagging on network marketing, its just one type of business strategy. It's ignorant to lump all of them together because there are scammy examples that are more ponzi schemes. Do we lump all of ecommerce as bogus because there are fraudulent cons online?

Luck doesn't exist - just another phony word to label a favorable coincidental circumstance

If you read about this company, beyond watching the puff TV piece, you'll find the girl did not build the business, she is the marketing face. Her adult family and outside direct marketing professionals built the company. She is actually an intern at her own company.

Typically with these stories there is some trial and error involved - she may have come up with a few ideas first and then this one caught the eye of a few people and it went from there.

Certainly possible for anyone with the right mindset to either improve or create something new, test a market and then run with it if the feedback is good. These days, it's even easier since there are more global manufacturers, easier distribution and sales channels via the internet, etc...

One thing I have noticed is that if kids can be focused on the excitement of creating something new, they have the benefit of a much more open mind, the ability to think outside of the box (we as adults tend to have a more defined box we exist in) and can bounce from idea to idea easier until they make it.

I have often wondered why we don't expose our kids to entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial thinking much earlier in school - make it mandatory as it is the backbone of our economic system and is closely tied with our overall satisfaction level if done correctly.

Jeff

Gary Player said: 'The harder I work, the luckier I get.'

A friend of mine is a multimillionaire who made his fortune after revamping a motorway service station and selling out to a chain. Being a humble man, he continues to claim he got lucky, but that opportunity would never have come along if he didn't take the risk to invest in the first place and subsequently work his nuts off to make it a success.

I would also give a hat tip to jbsmith's observations of youth. I agree with him. Adults have much greater experience of failure in their lives, and that handicaps most of us in everything that we do. We become so allergic to failure that we become increasingly timid about taking action. Kids, on the other hand, still have that fearlessness for the most part. They don't mind working hard if they believe they'll profit from what they're doing, and they'll keep hammering the hell out of that piñata if it produces a sweet. Indeed, I imagine most Warriors would reflect on their first IM venture and find they worked hard on it.

In the case of Ms Weems, it seemed like the perfect storm: clearly fearless (she invested her babysitting money and sold her gear at parties and boutiques), sold a product of which she had enthusiasm and expertise, and discovered there was a market for it. Good on her.

Stories like this are always BS.

Revenue is NOT profit. Business 101. Lots of companies have zillions in revenue, but a negative balance sheet.

Another MLM. Those are often fads.

Mommy help run and bankrolled the business.

What a mommy!

It really does NOT sound like the girl did much of anything.

Just a headline is all that was. The truth was less interesting.

$250 Million For A 14-Year-Old's Big Idea: Origami Owl - Forbes

really amazing story. I believe in Luck but you need to take action on time and also great smart work too.

Luck, for me, would be writing a post that had that magical keyword that hasn't been used and is searched frequently.

Really nice article
I believe in luck, but if you work hard you don't need luck at all, everything is possible