5 years ago I fulfilled my childhood dream of being on Wheel of Fortune.
After watching it religiously every single night with my family, crowded around the TV, I finally got to stand on that stage and meet Pat Sajak and Vanna White. (Both were even kinder than I imagined.)
For non-Americans, this show is a national pillar of entertainment that spans generations. Everyone, and I mean everyone, knows Wheel of Fortune.
I spent weeks obsessively practicing and rewatching old episodes, hunting for any edge I could find.
I read countless articles on the most common letters in puzzles and the way phrases are structured. (This was a lot harder before ChatGPT and Claude.)
Here's the thing about me: I hate losing more than I love winning, and boy do I love winning.
Over the course of the game I hit 3 "Bankrupts" and 1 "Lose a Turn." At one point Pat Sajak looked at me and said, "The wheel wasn't your friend today..." But when it mattered most, the preparation paid off and I solved the final puzzle to edge out the win.
In life you canβt control the wheel (luck) but you can control preparation and hard work. Itβs no secret that Movementβs βwheelβhasnβt been great but we are now old friends with adversity.
This past year was spent heads-down at the drawing board, obsessively identifying market gaps and figuring out how to solve real problems at scale.
Movement's "luck" is about to change. And when it does, don't act surprised.
InshaAllah.