How do I balance luck and hard work in building an art business?

Success requires both luck and hard work, but understand there are different types of luck. There’s dumb luck (random chance), and then there’s luck that comes from residual grinding and doing the hard work consistently. The latter is far more impactful. When good luck comes your way—like an unexpected opportunity from a well-known business or venue—be ready to take advantage of it. Your consistent work and visibility create the conditions for ‘lucky’ opportunities to find you. Without the grinding and the hustle, those opportunities would never appear.

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Asked by an artist thinking about success factors · Answered by John Lowry / Patrick Shanahan · art-marketing-podcast · 2024-07-08