Lucky people simply find friendly interaction enjoyable. This makes it easy for them to widen their fields of contacts.
Most contacts may vanish into oblivion. But sooner or later, some will come back to bring lucky breaks.
2. Be bold. Lucky people display another distinctive quality, which confirms the old Latin maxim, “Audentes fortuna juvat.” (Fortune favors the bold.)
Lucky people are bold enough to grab opportunities. But their boldness does not imply rashness.
If one stakes his life savings on a spectacular venture in which he stands to lose everything – that is rashness. He may have much to gain, but he also has an awesome investment to lose.
On the other hand, if one accepts an exciting job opportunity even if he hesitates at first to leave a secure job and start something completely new – that is boldness. He may also have much to gain, but little to lose.
3. Prepare for problems. “Luck comes to a mind prepared,” says an adage. From time to time, potential luck passes by everyone’s life, but only a potential luck passes by everyone’s life, but only a few are prepared and bold enough to seize it.
Upon accepting a lucky break, a person must anticipate what may go wrong. If, indeed, things start going wrong, he must be ready to apply the “ratchet effect” to prevent things from getting worse. A ratchet is a device that allows a wheel to turn forward but prevents it from slipping backward.
4. Honor your hunches. The boldness of lucky people is tempered by another attribute – their “hunches.”
Investors, artists and other creative individuals often get their ideas and inspirations through mental vibrations ordinarily called hunches.
Hunches are facts, but they come as strong feelings or mental impressions that enable a person to know something without quite being able to explain how.
Intuitive person receive accurate knowledge through sources other than the physical senses. They have developed the ability to listen through their “sixth sense.”
5. Be realistic and flexible. To adopt the distinctive qualities of the lucky, make some changes in and around yourself – particularly your attitudes and beliefs that may run counter to the principles of handling luck.
It takes strong will power and consistent effort to make the necessary changes. But luck will generously outweigh the spent energy.
The lucky person acknowledges that perfect control of one’s life is an illusion. However, he has the capability – to a certain extent – to increase the lucky breaks and decrease the bad breaks.
