The Truth About Luck and How To Get It
Copyright 2005 Rasheed Ali
I spoke to a close friend today and he said something that
greatly disturbed me. Okay it made me so upset I had to write
this while thinking, "What the F@#K?!"
I was looking at a catalogue of upcoming seminars given by some
VERY famous and successful people.
I called one of my best friends and asked him if he wanted to
go. His answer, to say the least Pissed Me Off!
He said, "Oh, I'm not gonna' waste my money on that seminar,
that guy just got lucky. Dude, some people just get lucky!"
Well, why did he have to go and say that to ME of all people???
I said, "Listen Bro, I came from being a homeless runaway to
pretty successful AND I'm marrying the girl of my dreams!" Am I
lucky? Nope, I've earned everything I own and have. I'm no
millionaire but I WILL be.
The person he didn't want to go see at the seminar is a VERY
successful, famous, multi-millionaire entrepreneur. In addition
to that the fee was pennies in comparison to the opportunity to
meet and speak to this man. When I say pennies, I mean that
people spend more on a pair of jeans!
So, what IS the truth about luck?
The truth is that luck is not a random event and it can be
proven many different ways. Many very successful entrepreneurs
may say that they were lucky but, they as well as I, know better.
What many call luck is really what I call a statistical
occurrence that only happens after a specific action is taken.
This action may not have been a calculated decision but it is an
action towards a desired result.
I recently wrote about this in an article called How Thoughts
Creates Matter that mentions how "Luck Like" things tend to
happen when people take action towards a specific goal or
objective.
Even Lottery winners are not lucky. They took a specific action
in choosing or not choosing the numbers on their ticket and then
purchasing it. Their prize is a statistical occurrence. Nothing
more or nothing less.
The real truth of the matter is that most people get so caught
up in their own distaste for their own "self determined"
situation that they believe that there is some unanswerable
reason for the success of others.
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and
effect. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the
more I have of it. Thomas Jefferson
To get "Lucky" here's what you should do.
Decide what you want, create a plan to get it and then DO IT!
Once you keep at it for a while success, Ahem, I mean Luck will
occur. Not only that but Uhhh, Luck will begin to snowball in
your favor!
Then and only then my friend, you will have the privilege of
being called a "Lucky" person who "Just Got plain Lucky!"