So, what does luck have to do with business? I say, "Think about it!" In the business world we may think of luck as "seizing the moment", or "taking advantage of an opportunity", but it's all really all about creating your own luck.
Over the last several years many of us (at least in the corporate world) have undergone significant change. If your job hasn't been eliminated, chances are that it has changed. You may be doing more, doing it differently or a little of both. And…chances are, the changes have been painful at times.
Those who choose to thrive during these crazy times are lucky. In other words, they've chosen "luck". They are the people who can see that sweet lemonade comes from sour lemons, and that turning lemons into lemonade reaps its rewards.
So, what is it that lucky people do differently? According to Richard Wiseman Luck School For Business: A Case Study With Technical Asset Management, there are four central principles:
n Lucky people are skilled at creating, noticing and acting upon chance opportunities
n Lucky people make effective decisions by listening to their intuition and gut instincts
n Lucky people are certain that the future is going to be full of good fortune, and these expectations become self fulfilling prophecies
n Lucky people employ various psychological techniques to cope with, and even thrive upon, the ill fortune that comes their way
In my language that translates to:
n Expanding your sphere of vision (pay attention and look at the bigger picture) n Possibility Thinking (what could be great about this?) n Engaging fully (take action and contribute to the cause) Lucky people recognize and take advantage of opportunities…and they create their own luck.
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