In the epi­logue “Be Ready When the Luck Hap­pens,” the author reflects on a piv­otal moment when she was approached by *60 Min­utes* for an inter­view, prompt­ing mem­o­ries of her ear­ly influ­ences and aspi­ra­tions. Raised on the icon­ic show since its debut in 1968, she expressed sur­prise at being part of such a cel­e­brat­ed pro­gram. Pro­duc­er Michael Karzis and his team con­duct­ed exten­sive research, which made her anx­ious about por­tray­ing her life accu­rate­ly dur­ing the film­ing.

As the inter­view began, she recalled her approach to mak­ing guests com­fort­able dur­ing her own show, *Be My Guest*. Emmy Award-win­ning cor­re­spon­dent Sharyn Alfonsi’s obser­va­tions on her suc­cess chal­lenged the author’s self-per­cep­tion. While she had always viewed her achieve­ments as a result of good for­tune, Sharyn attrib­uted it to hard work, strate­gic busi­ness acu­men, and metic­u­lous plan­ning.

Fol­low­ing her on-stage remarks at a Matrix Award event, includ­ing influ­en­tial fig­ures like Oprah, the author was sur­prised by their feed­back regard­ing her belief in luck. Oprah empha­sized the impor­tance of cre­at­ing one’s luck, while Les­ley Stahl prompt­ed her to ques­tion why women often attribute their suc­cess to luck com­pared to men’s empha­sis on tal­ent.

The dia­logue with Oprah and Stahl led her to pon­der the real bal­ance between luck and effort in achiev­ing suc­cess. A con­ver­sa­tion with Rob Mar­shall rein­forced this notion, as he recount­ed advice from Liza Min­nel­li to “be ready when the luck hap­pens.” This res­onat­ed deeply, lead­ing to the real­iza­tion that her jour­ney com­prised both hard work and an open­ness to oppor­tu­ni­ties when they arose.

Ulti­mate­ly, the author con­clud­ed that there’s no sin­gu­lar route to suc­cess but rather a com­bi­na­tion of ded­i­ca­tion to her pas­sion and a pre­pared­ness to embrace for­tu­itous moments when they mate­ri­al­ize. She empha­sized con­cen­trat­ing on the present and enjoy­ing the work she loves, thus ensur­ing she is ready when luck strikes.