The Harry Potter Effect

By
The Fio Bros
November 24, 2025
1 min read

You might have known that J.K. Rowling was homeless before Harry Potter...

and that 12 publishers rejected her book before it became a huge success.

But did you know that it was an 8-year old girl that changed everything?

After 12 rejections, there was one editor who finally took the manuscript home —

and his 8-year-old daughter loved it.

One little girl reading ten pages became a $25 billion universe.

We call this, The Harry Potter Effect.

It's the idea that it only takes ONE

  • one moment
  • one person
  • one decision

to COMPLETELY change your life.

These so-called “lucky” breaks?

They’re random. Unpredictable. Out of your control.

But here’s the part that is controllable:

  • You can keep showing up.
  • You can keep taking small steps.
  • You can stay in the game...

Because as Alex Hormozi once said,

You get lucky by staying in the game long enough for luck to find you.

— The Fio Bros

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