A few days ago I read a very interesting book, ’13 steps to bloody good luck’ by Ashwin Sanghi (to the people who have already read the book; I know I’m extremely late, please don’t hate me 🙂 ). After reading the book and doing a lot of thinking and analyzing, I’ve come up with the following conclusions.
Firstly, I’d like to quote a few lines from the book that rightly describe ‘luck’
“Luck is not entirely about chance, it’s about the human ability to spot opportunities and make the most out of them.”
In simple words, to be lucky you need to spot the opportunities coming your way and work with it!
So, what’s the best ways to increase the opportunities coming your way or more importantly, how to make full use of every opportunity?
Here’s what I learnt from the book:
- Make Your Circle Bigger
One of the best ways to increase the opportunities coming your way is by increasing your social circle. It is important to increase the network of family, friends, acquaintances and colleagues. Tips and opportunities come to you via your social circle.
Investing in relationships is a main characteristic of lucky people. Doing new things, traveling to new places and working outside your comfort zone can help you meet new people and increase the flow of opportunities coming your way.
- Persistence And Positive Attitude
Having a positive attitude really helps. Ashwin says in his book “if we are positive and patient the universe seems to send good luck our way.”
Persistence is as important as being positive. Being persistent is a great quality in lucky people.
- Being Confident
Being confident and overcoming fear allows to open up the flow of opportunities.
“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom” –Bertrand Russel
A very important point which Ashwin makes in his book is, one of the results of conquering fear and gaining confidence is improved communication skills. This allows you to improve your network. Being confident also makes a great first impression in front of new people.
This concludes part 1 of all about luck, if you want to read part 2 then stay tuned and till then, tell me – do you think you’re lucky? Why? Why not?
Love.Peace.Happiness. 