Cultivating Luck
The Power of Intuition, Resilience, Risk-Taking, and Positive Expectations
Whether you listen to the VoiceOver for accessibility, because you’re more of an auditory learner or so you can grab some movement while we’re together—it will consistently be an option.
Recently I’ve fallen prey to thinking about the phrase: if I didn’t have bad luck I wouldn’t have any at all.
Dryer dying
fridge following suit
washer getting wonky (oh spin cycle which spun & dried—I miss ye)
and, sometime when we
meet for coffeehang in the SS notes section, I’ll tell you allll about my recent car purchase
Intellectually I know I’ve created all the luck I’ve had in life (hello preparation meeting opportunity) and am aware how I did it.
Lately I’ve invested time reminding myself luck doesn’t happen by chance. It’s not elusive and it is s u r e l y not dependant on a large Russian man to figure out what’s wrong with my Electrolux (again, we need that notes meet up!).
Luck is actions PLUS mindset equals our ability to shape events that come our way.
Sure Im trying to convince myself I have a modicum of control over the appliances in my life—yet I really do believe it.
I believe in luck and fate and karma, that the energy you put out in the world comes back to meet you. - C. Pine
I’ve watched and lived enough to know seemingly serendipitously lucky people:
lean into intuition
believe in resilience
take c a r e f u l risks
(and most importantly) create positive expectations as a catalyst for (re)finding/amplifying luck in their lives
Lucky people heed intuition.
I cannot tell you the number of successful people I’ve interviewed who, when asked *how* they know decisions are the ‘right’ ones, cite listening to their guts as best predictor of a good life-choice.
I’ve learned this lesson the hard way when I’ve done the exact opposite and ignored my intuition.
The majority of the time my initial thought, my gut-reaction, informs me best and is the one with which I should go.
As I lean into the third chapter of life I’m consciously choosing to attract more serendipity and simultaneously focusing on trusting my intuition/inner voice.
Lucky people reverse ‘bad’ situations.
For every life-success I’ve experienced there exist 239482 attempts where I crashed & burned.
Again. Notes. Chat. —> Muscle Bobbles and private labelled protein powder.
Lucky people have tenacity.
Lucky people posses grit.
Lucky people are resilient.
Lucky people stick with imperfect situations and harness the power of their talents to change them.
Lucky people shake up consistency…temporarily.
I know. I’m shocked I’m stating this too—but hear me out:
I’m pretty good with risk taking, yet the idea of shaking up my routine is one where I definitely need work.
I love my the pattern to my days. I’ve raised an almostadult who thrives on our daily groove. I’ve chosen to create life-habits.
You do the proverbial math. It gets a little routinized around here.
Lucky people are fearless about the unknown and welcome shifts. People with an abundance of luck get creative with their thinking. They not only walk face first and full speed into the dark–they actively choose this way of life.
Lucky people expect the positive.
I have many lucky people in my life. Every one of them shares this trait: they consciously decide how a situation will to ‘turn out’ before anything actually transpires and they never waiver from this optimistic mental image.
No matter what happens along the way.
Whether you believe in Law of Attraction/vision boards (teaser alert: we are going to create a new version of these soon!) or not, when it comes to attracting luck consistently expecting positive outcomes is a mindset which works.
These are the 4 ways I’m reminding myself I’VE GOT THIS and which I’m using to convince my high school senior we all possess the ability to create luck in our lives.
The quote my daughter already knew was luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Now, however, the quote has grown to be more verbose and cumbersome:
Luck is what happens when an individual spies opportunity and is ready, willing, and able to embrace or transform it through hard work, tenacity, optimism and a thick slathering of creative thinking. - C. Birnberg
It could take off, right?
Now you.
Get honest, vulnerable and uncomfortable with me.
What was the last scenario where you thought to yourself:
XXX has it easier than I do! They have ALL the luck!