The oil of success is luck

Does luck assist a business more than all the planning and hard work undertaken by the owner/s? Can all that hard work be swept aside by a fortuitous element which may have been more beneficial to the growth and wellbeing of the enterprise than all that planning and hard work? Maybe - but who really knows? Luck must be acknowledged as one factor that helps an individual along. But why does it suddenly appear to help some persons but not others? So, humans have to face both good and back luck - or, perhaps just ordinary life with no ups or downs. That is true life.The Collinsworth family are a remarkable tough and determined family who battle against all the odds to keep their struggling and nearly bankrupt fishing business as a family business. The family face all the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune - and survive with one extraordinary stroke of luck at a vital time. They fought a recession, a traitor in the family, one member of the family going to prison, crooks who consistently tried to bankrupt them, et al - despite all those grim problems the business became one of the largest fleets along the east coast of England. Was that "extraordinary stroke of luck" their salvation? YOU READ, YOU DECIDE.