In this episode of The Real Build, I wanted to talk about a subject I am passionate about, which is- why do we defend success? People have said to me "it must be nice, you're lucky, you're rich, your dad gave you everything.."  But am I lucky? Or am I lucky to be born with parents that taught me how to get ahead?

I have worked my whole life.  If I wanted something, I worked. I spent my upbringing digging ditches, moving blocks, sweeping jobs, painting, trenching, running the bobcat, and more. 

I would have football practice every weekend, and right after would go to work. I played division one football in college and still would come home on weekends to work.

When I was home from college, I wrecked my truck. I didn't have a vehicle, and my dad made me take the Greyhound bus home every weekend to work.  I missed parties because he told me I had to work.  After college, I moved home back into my parent's house with no car, and I rode a bike with a backpack full of tools to the job sites.

All of this wasn't easy.  But today, I look back, and I am incredibly grateful for it all.  Everything I went through has got me to where I am today.  

If people say you're lucky, let them. Maybe you are lucky? Lucky enough to know what it takes to get ahead. The people saying that your lucky are the ones doing nothing to be lucky. They look at everyone else and wish they were as "lucky."