Luck
October 13, 2009 – 9:59 pmI’ve been called “lucky”. I’ve felt lucky. I’ve been lucky.
But, it’s important to understand that you can make your own luck. It’s not just a cliche’, it’s a proven fact.
My research revealed that lucky people generate good fortune via four basic principles. They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition, create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations, and adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good.
Of course, not all luck is “made”. Some people win the lottery. Sometimes a piano falls on you. A grand piano. On your day off.
But most luck is made. I learned a lot of this in college. I got 19 rebounds one game against Northern Kentucky University. A reporter asked me what it felt like to have the ball bounce my way so often. My response was “good”…but the truth was….it felt like a lot of hard-ass work. It felt like it should feel after watching hours of tape of Dennis Rodman position himself EVERY single time down the court. It felt like it should feel after going for every missed shot as if it were a fumble on a football field. It did feel “good”….but not because the ball luckily bounced to me a lot.
I also air-balled the game-tying free throw that game with 7 seconds left. That wasn’t unlucky, either.
Fight hard for your lucky moments.
Win.