Creativity and Luck

Creativity and luck.

You can make your own luck; Luck is NOT random.

Luck has more to do with psychology than probability. However, some people always seem lucky and others unlucky. To be lucky you need to be open to luck, how you think and behave has a huge effect on the amount of luck in your life.

Creativity requires a certain amount of luck. You need to be available for luck to show up and look out for it when it appears. In creative terms, it is the sudden spark of inspiration, the light bulb moment or the amazing linkages to just fail into place.

But… How do I make more luck?

Luck is a mixture of many things. Here are 16 ways you can attract more luck into your life. Along with it will come its good friends, better creative thinking, more inspiration and easier innovation.

1 - Take care of yourself and build your energy.

Having lots of energy gives you power and enthusiasm. It’s important to be outward and upward looking and living, that takes energy. Being tired and de-motivated does not attract luck.

2 - Have a plan and clear goals and believe in it.

A plan helps you work out the steps to make your goals happen. A plan can fuel your motivation to achieve them, and luck follows motivation. Visualise your success and it will fuel your luck.

3 - Be positive and optimistic

If you feel lucky, it will positively affect your mind and spirit and you will see lucky opportunities you previously would have missed.

4 - Be open mentally and physically.

Smile, make eye contact, and use open body language. Being open to people and new ideas will increase the chances of you seeing luck around you. This will lead to positive outcomes.

5 - Step back and get a wider clearer perspective

Once you start to see the big picture clearly you will make better decisions, have different conversations and get better results.

6 - Read, be curious and learn relentlessly

Improve your knowledge and understanding. Life is competitive, keep up to date as a minimum and ideally ahead of the game. Do that and opportunities and luck will flow.

7 - Give generously to others

The more you give out the more you will get back. If you are mean you will start to live in a mean world, and if you’re generous, a generous world.

8 - Embrace a lucky attitude

Replace negative thoughts and behaviours. One of the best ways to do this is by being less judgemental.

Being cynical seldom brings luck.

9 - Reframe. Turn bad luck into good

Look at the positive side, take steps so the bad luck does not re-occur and learn from it. Remember every cloud has a silver lining.

10 - Listen to yourself

Trust your intuition. If it feels right, it usually is. Don’t miss opportunities by over analysing until the moment has passed. If luck passes your way recognise it and be quick to react.

11 - Work on your self-esteem, confidence and self-belief.

The better you feel about yourself, the more luck you will find. Finding luck is more about psychology than probability.

12 – Grab opportunities

Lucky people not only see more opportunities. They grab them and run with them; they maximise them. Get in this mindset. They give it a go.

13 - Hold yourself accountable

Complete your goals, support your colleague, and develop self-management skills. Being lucky is hard work, be prepared to put in the effort.

14 - Look up and outward – connect.

Be open and see things around you. Connect with people, the world and they will connect with you. You will then have access to all the luck in the world. You must see the ￡5 note laying on the path before you are lucky enough to find it.

15 - Chose to be lucky and expect good fortune

Some people consider themselves lucky and some don’t. Believe and chose to be lucky and you will be – you could say, it's that simple.

Make it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

16 – Surround yourself with lucky people

As the saying goes, you are the sum of the 5 people closest to you.?Surround yourself with lucky people and it will rub off on you.

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Final thought - Practice, practice, practice and your luck will continually increase.

As Gary Player said, “The more I practice, the luckier I get,”

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TL: DR.

Attract more luck into your life by being positive and open, looking upwards and outwards and seeing the opportunities all around you. Above all believe you are lucky.