I was recently coaching a young American executive in Tokyo. He was clutching a book and he kept touching it.
He eventually said, "You were right you know," about what I had said. "You said, there was no luck, and I said there was."
I had told him I did not use luck and that my definition of luck was ‘where opportunity and good planning crossed’. He said, "it’s all in this book." Masses of research on the subject of LUCK, it clearly shows scientifically that there is no luck. It is a person’s attitude that has strong bearing on people’s outcomes.
That is why people with a positive attitude (and why I encourage people to be ‘Possibility Thinkers’) have more favorable things happen in their lives than people who have tendencies to focus on negative thoughts. Where focus goes, energy flows and that has a bearing on our results, as the thoughts we think create our reality.
Remember: look before you leap, and don’t look for so long that you succumb to indecision. It’s good to take a chance sometimes. It’s called a risk and every time you take a risk, and challenge yourself to do a new and different behavior, you expand your circle of influence, in the world. I talked with a billionaire friend of mine, and risk, with caution and judgment, was part of his success formula.
The Three C’s
I was talking with an attractive Korean lady who bore a strong resemblance to Chinese movie actress Lucy Liu. She shared with me what she called her Triple C formula: Change, Chance, and Challenge.
Be a Connector. Build a network of relationships, it may well become your greatest asset as the years roll by. It has been said by wise people that ‘Relationships are all there is’.
This starts with our parents, siblings, family, friends, work colleagues and on and on into the universe, wherever we go. Start that network today. No man is an island, we are all interconnected at some level. Be a connector – start today.