A walk in Hafer park

A walk in Hafer park

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Make Your Own Luck

This week we'll all celebrate the Irish holiday St. Patrick's Day. A holiday bestowing luck, good will, leprecauns, and pots of gold. Does luck really hide behind a colorful rainbow? Do only the good find it? Does it even really involve green beer at all?

This week I'm bestowing my advice on how to make your own luck. It's my St. Patrick's Day gift to you.

1. The larger your network the greater your chances of meeting someone who can help you land the job, score the tickets or land the big sale.

2. Follow your heart. Some people seem luckier than others and it's just not fair. It's usually because their guided by their instincts. Be still, breathe deeply and see what comes to you.

3. Zig Ziglar said it best "You will get all you want in life when you help enough other people get what they want."

4. Imagine success. Luck is, in part, a self-fullfilling prophecy, so visualize a positive outcome.

5. See the big picture. "Unlucky" people tend to be so focused on the small stuff in life that they miss a potential big break.

Have a LUCKY St. Patrick's Day because you made it that way!