Lee Davy continues his confessions series with a trip down memory lane as he recalls his association with the magazine Poker Pro Europe.

All anybody ever wants is a chance.

But it’s not always that easy.

Getting in front of the right people is as important, if not more so, than the work you actually put into developing whatever skill you are trying to sell.

Luck is also a factor.

There is also a timing issue that is very important. In the book SmartCuts by Shane Snow, the author talks about a phenomenon known as Catching the Wave. You have to be in the right spot, at the right time, and although that involves a high degree of skill and intuitiveness, there is also a whole lot of luck.

The reason I am able to sit down at my kitchen table and write this, and be paid for it, rather than head into the Steelworks and try to operate 20-trains per day with only 10-locomotives, is because I got my chance, and I made sure that I caught the right wave.