How to be lucky
I recently read a book on how to be lucky – but I’ve yet to win 4D or Toto and things in that area don’t seem to be improving. Perhaps that is because I haven’t bought any 4D or Toto. Like they say, you have to be “in it, to win it”.
Back to being lucky. Besides praying hard or burning lots of joss paper and so on, there are easy and effective ways to improve your “luck”. Notice that I put “luck” in inverted commas. This is because I will define it as “being exposed to higher probabilities of receiving favourable opportunities and outcomes” - that is my own statement as I can’t remember exactly what the book said. What it means is to place yourself in situations (physically or logically) to reap the rewards of unexpected (or sometimes expected) events. Here were 3 steps which you can take note of:
Back to being lucky. Besides praying hard or burning lots of joss paper and so on, there are easy and effective ways to improve your “luck”. Notice that I put “luck” in inverted commas. This is because I will define it as “being exposed to higher probabilities of receiving favourable opportunities and outcomes” - that is my own statement as I can’t remember exactly what the book said. What it means is to place yourself in situations (physically or logically) to reap the rewards of unexpected (or sometimes expected) events. Here were 3 steps which you can take note of:
- Be out there. Put yourself in places where the action happens. If you want to catch fish, you need to get on a boat, get the equipment and go to the places where the fishes lurk. It takes effort, energy and time, but consider it the barrier to entry for others. Just being in the midst of the action is already 50% of the battle won.
- Be heard. Once you get there, you have to get noticed. You don’t really have to jump onto the stage, grab the microphone and start singing (unless you really want to, in which case I’d say go for it!) but sometimes all it takes is to speak to a few people, make some friends and connections. Join some activities, volunteer for a good cause and get your name out there. Preferably, you want people to get to know you as friendly, helpful and knowledgeable in an area or two.
- Be aware. Once you’ve gotten into your boat and cast your line into the water, you have to keep an eye out for the action. If you just sit back and play with your phone, you’re going to miss that huge grouper swimming by that didn’t bite your bait. You need to wiggle that bait, swing it and even change it to something more appropriate in order to reel it in. If you’re at a networking event, put that Android away and keep your eye the humans instead and hit while the iron is hot. Even as you walk down the street, look around and be aware, curious and interested – sometimes there are literally signs saying things like “free” or “discount” which nobody notices.