Creating Luck

I'll summarize How to Create Your Own Luck by Susan RoAne with her line, "When we are open and pay attention to signs, signals, situations, and people, we are building our own internal serendipity generators." As the Chinese proverb says,

Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

As for the book, it spends a lot of time discussing the eight traits of people who create their own luck:

1. They talk to strangers.
2. They make small talk.
3. They "drop" names.
4. They eavesdrop and listen.
5. They ask for and offer help.
6. They stray from their chosen paths.
7. They exit graciously, without burning bridges.
8. They say YES when they want to say NO!

It's more of an art than a science, really...

Comments

[Emy]

Ooh! I KNEW it was handy that I'm nosy and listen to other people's conversations! ;)

[Ross Stapleton-Gray]

Oddly, those also turn out to be the eight most common traits of... murder victims!