March 2023
P1 C NNECTION Associate Newsletter
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Fortune Favors the Prepared: 4 Ways to Make Your Future a Little "Luckier" We’ve all had those times when we’ve felt either incredibly “lucky” or seriously “down on our luck.” But what is truly behind the successful side of “luck” and how can we all maximize our own?
2. LISTEN TO YOUR GUT AND TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS
Expert researchers, professors, and doctors in the study of “luck” tend to agree that, in a nutshell, good luck comes from four key factors:
We all have that little voice that tries to push us in the “right” direction. But sometimes we don’t want to listen to it when it’s counter-intuitive to what we think we want!
1. SERENDIPITY, AKA MAXIMIZING CHANCE OPPORTUNITIES Christian Busch, author of The Serendipity Mindset: The Art and Science of Creating Good Luck, wrote an article for the Harvard Business Review about how to create your own career luck. He also believes we have more of a hand in our ability to create luck than we might think. We typically think of luck as a random event that just happens to us and that we have no control over, but there’s another type of luck that the most inspiring and successful people studied share – serendipity. This means being mentally prepared to embrace the unexpected moments in life to create your own luck. “You have to see something in that moment, and do something with it,” Busch says. And you can learn this behavior by staying attentive to opportunities and being prepared for anything that may come your way.
The key, according to Professor Richard Wiseman, author of The Luck Factor, is to get in the habit of listening to that voice, and acknowledging hunches. That means clearing out the “noise” so you can focus on what’s behind it. “Lucky people make effective decisions by listening to their intuition and gut feelings,” Wiseman says. “In addition, they take steps to actively boost their intuitive abilities by, for example, meditating and clearing their mind of other thoughts.”
This year for St. Patrick’s day we have a Lepra-GNOME! He’s come all the way from Ireland, the place he calls his HOME. He’s always up to mischief and so he needs to HIDE. See if you can find this rascal on the pages INSIDE. When you find this wily GUY email Tiffany Oldham to REPLY. If Irish luck does not WITHHOLD, you could win the POT-O-GOLD. (PAGE 1 DOESN'T COUNT - winner determined by random drawing - prize TBD)