Comments on: How to be Luckier Than Everyone Else

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:56:43 +0000

@Vince: Responsibility is key – and you can’t trust yourself unless you accept responsibility for what you do. Great point, thanks!

By: Vince

Vince — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:58:21 +0000

I’ve never heard luck and trust associated but I really like that concept. I have more often heard that luck is more a state of mind about past experiences. For example, some people choose to focus on the negative and deem themselves unlucky or don’t take responsibility and blame their actions on luck. Trust leaves room for the possibility that something good is going to happen.
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By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:42:14 +0000

@Coworking: Awesome, how about you and me tell the whole world?!

@Bob: I’m not sure I agree that the better prepared you are the luckier you appear. The more prepared you are the more able you are to adapt in some circumstances, thus enabling you to appear like you’re “landing on your feet”. But I think preparation can too often be a barrier to taking action or a way of side-stepping responsibility. I think sometimes preparation can remove the element of awareness and spontaneity that can really be instrumental in being “lucky”. I see your point in that if you set things up to work out ahead of time that things are more likely to work out, but isn’t this “being thorough” rather than “being lucky”?

By: Bob Firestone

Bob Firestone — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:03:15 +0000

Luck is preparation in action.

The better prepared a person is the luckier they appear to be. There is no way to prepare for playing the lottery. You have no impact on how the result is generated.

By: Coworking in Florida

Coworking in Florida — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:11:39 +0000

Well said Steve… Totally agreed: Confidence is prerequisite of taking action and not being afraid of failure helps.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:55:45 +0000

@Coworking: You bet action’s necessary! But the pre-requisite to taking action? Confidence. You gotta trust yourself to take that step, no matter how big or small it is, and you have to trust that you can deal with whatever happens. Natural confidence allows you to both notice that opportunity and to take action. A pretty good deal if you ask me.

By: Coworking in Florida

Coworking in Florida — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:46:02 +0000

I think a prerequisite for being lucky (before opportunity) is really “trying it” –that is ACTION.

That’s the old (and logical) idea of if you don’t play the lotto, you’ll never win. Opportunity is a favorable condition that will increase your chances to be lucky when you take ACTION, but without action, opportunity will not produce results.

Makes sense?