Get lucky
1. Never confuse luck with planning:
When a desired outcome is brought about by luck, you must acknowledge that fact. If you
confuse luck with planning, you will all but guarantee that your luck, in the long run, will be bad.
2. Find the fast flow:
Go where events flow fastest, surround yourself with a churning mass of people and things will
happen. It doesn''t matter if you are a quiet person; all you need to do is meet a lot of people and
let them know who you are. Then they will direct opportunities your way.
3. Take calculated risks:
There are two ways to be an almost sure loser in life. One is to take risks that are out of
proportion to the rewards being sought. The other is to take no risks at all. Lucky people,
characteristically, avoid both extremes.
4. Know when to cut and run:
Always assume that a run of luck is going to be short, never try to ride a run to its peak. You will
virtually always be right as the law of averages is heavily on your side.
5. Know how to select luck:
Is there some likelihood that the problems with your investment - whether it be time, money or
love - will go away? Do you have some realistic hope of fixing them? If so, you should stay
aboard. If not, you should get out and look for better luck elsewhere.
6 . Take the zig zag path:
Despite what many people think the path to success is rarely a straight line. Lucky men and
women, on the whole, are not straight-line strugglers. They not only allow themselves to be
distracted, they invite distraction.
A plan should be used as a guide only and if something better comes along the plan should be
discarded immediately without regret.
7. Supernatural belief can help:
Not because it makes you more lucky but because it helps you make impossible choices.
Sometimes there is no rational choice to make, yet the worst reaction is to do nothing.
A supernatural belief can enable people to get into a potentially winning position simply by
helping them make choices.
8. Be a bit pessimistic:
Lucky people, as a breed, tend to be pessimistic. Optimism means expecting the best, but good
luck involves knowing how you will handle the worst.
9. Learn to keep your mouth shut:
Talk can tie you up and lock you in positions that seem right today but may be wrong tomorrow.
Avoid unnecessary talk about your problems, plans and feelings. When there is no good reason
to say something, say nothing.
10. Recognise a non-lesson:
There are experiences in life that seem to be lessons but aren''t. Recognise when something was
just bad luck and move on.
11. Accept the universe is unfair:
All of us, the good, the bad and the in-between, are all equally likely to realise our fondest
dreams or contract cancer.
12. Be willing to be busy :
The more activities you have going the greater the likelihood that something good will happen.
13. Find a destiny partner:
This is someone who is someone who changes your luck over a long term. This person is not
necessarily a romantic partner and is usually just found by blind luck but it can help if you are
actively looking.
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