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What fundraising taught me -Part 2

Don’t worry, the wait is over. Here is the continuation of the lessons I learned while fundraising: The daily practice is what counts Did you know approximately 183 million people play the lottery at least once a year in the United States? [OneLotto, 2016] That is over 50% of the population! And in the UK about 70% of adults buy the lottery on a regular basis. [Lottoland, 2018] Those are staggering numbers. The point I am trying to make with these statistics is that we pretty much all have the same tendency to wish for a miraculous event. We all, at some point in our life, have hoped for the big miracle to save us or the big change to occur to make us happy. It is, of course, important to dream big but what is equally important is to have the commitment towards making the effort on a daily basis to bring these dreams into reality. While fundraising it was often easy to dream of getting a big donation in order to reach your goal. That way you wouldn’t have to work as hard. Well no