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Luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you never spend time working on yourself and multiple possible contingencies, you'll probably never even see the opportunity as it goes by. You'll be unprepared. And that "lucky" person will get it.
I look at luck as a SWAT and TOWS analysis. Sure there is things you can work on to turn weaknesses into strengths but the external parts such as opportunities and more important threats are harder to react to especially when you do not have know what the threats are. You can anticipate threats but when you do not know how much better the candidate before you or the next candidate.
I am just being realistic and stating reality and that reality is that as much luck you control, the more important luck to worry about is that you do not control.
I don't worry about luck as I cannot control it. I work on things I can control, namely me. If I didn't get an opportunity I just assume I wasn't ready for it yet, and I keep moving.
#12 Reason You’re Not As Successful As You Should Be – Don’t Want It
"You don’t really want to be successful. Sure, you like to dream about it like. veryone else. But in your heart you are afraid of what might happen if you really get it. That’s B.S. fear your brain is feeding you. Success is change, and it feels really, really good. Tell your brain to shut the [foolishness] up."
I am at #12.
I am not afraid of success. I am afraid of being punished for my success in this current social and political climate. I am afraid of whether the risk and sacrifices I make will be worth the reward. I am afraid I will work 24/7 and after taxes it will amount to minimum wage. I am afraid the IRS will hunt me down and audit me, for anything. I am afraid I will be hated as being selfish and greedy if I am successful, and if I want to enjoy my success and spend some of the money I make how I want to spend it.
How do I overcome those fears?
Only you can decide if risk and sacrifice is worth the potential reward. If you're worried about the IRS you brush up on tax code and hire a good CPA to keep your books clean.
If you want to avoid looking greedy and selfish then you become charitable with your business proceeds. As for politics, ignore them.
I agree with these ideals for success, the problem is two people can work the same hrs, put in the same effort and have the same winning attudes but get different results. I think to many times successful people believe anyone can be successful like them, because they did it. Not to be negative but real. Our capitalist economic structure cant run without a lower class ok. So that eliminates that argument that everyone can be successful if they are not lazy, etc. Further, #2 Reason You’re Not As Successful As You Should Be – Entitlement
Only a few people in the world are part of the lucky sperm club. You and me? We gotta work to get what we want. Quit thinking you are owed something. You’re not. Get to work.
Uhmm i heard this from successful people before who think its wrong for us to think if we work as hard or harder then others then we should get payed as much or more.
like the difference between Samuel l jackson, and that black guy whose always in a lot of movies but only ever has minor roles.
also, self-help is pretty funny when taking the context of the entire world into play. I would love to see one of these so called self-help people take a trip to the poorest country's in world. i'd love to hear there speeches to those people. I bet a reality show of it will happen onto cable tv eventually...
Though I do have to say that the message does hold more weight when spoken by someone who has been there done that and has their own stories of personal failures. Jim rohn, my favorite, Nido qubain (sp?), og Mandino.
also, self-help is pretty funny when taking the context of the entire world into play. I would love to see one of these so called self-help people take a trip to the poorest country's in world. i'd love to hear there speeches to those people. I bet a reality show of it will happen onto cable tv eventually...
Yeah I would watch any of these self-help gurus trying to work with anyone whether it is a third-world country or a long-term unemployed person. The fact is, it would likely get cut down so that the self-help guru is "right."
I do find fascinating how some in this thread prefer to denigrate the self help "gurus" instead of offering perhaps an anecdote or insight about things you did that helped you along a particular rough patch in your life. No just sit around and whine about successfull people. Really?
also, self-help is pretty funny when taking the context of the entire world into play. I would love to see one of these so called self-help people take a trip to the poorest country's in world. i'd love to hear there speeches to those people. I bet a reality show of it will happen onto cable tv eventually...
Umm, and self help is about self. Not the entire world.
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