• Archive for March, 2008

    Lucky People Take the Loss

    by  • March 27, 2008 • Increase Luck, Luck Advice • 1 Comment

      A year and a half ago I was shopping for my first car ever.  I never needed one until then because I live in New York City and parking is impossible and public transportation is faster and more convenient than driving.  For the few times I needed to drive somewhere, I would rent a [...]

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    Ask Everyone for a Second Opinion

    by  • March 26, 2008 • Luck Advice • 0 Comments

    Second opinions are more than just for doctors or auto mechanics. You can ask a second opinion from any company or organization in almost any situation. When calling an airline, cable or phone company or any other company, many times you are treated based on the mood the representative that you are talking to is [...]

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    Avoid Foreclosures by Being Realistic

    by  • March 24, 2008 • Luck Advice • 0 Comments

    A big part of the American dream is to own a nice house to live in and raise your family. I remember learning in college how the United States made home ownership possible for the average American by building a circle of money changing hands from the Federal Reserve to banks to people back to [...]

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    Dreaming Has a Low ROI

    by  • March 18, 2008 • Increase Luck, Luck Advice • 0 Comments

    Last week I was riding the Long Island Rail Road on the way to a meeting and I noticed a great ad for CareerBuilder.com. It said “Dreaming has a low ROI” (Return On Investment) . I thought this was genius since that is what most people do. Dreaming is great and is exceptionally easy to [...]

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    Get Lucky Like the Irish

    by  • March 17, 2008 • Increase Luck • 0 Comments

    Being that it is St. Patrick’s day today, I decided to look into a little bit of the origins of the day. Since this blog is all about luck and getting lucky, I decided to focus on the well known phrase “the luck of the Irish”. The most common picture that comes to mind when [...]

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    Eat Today, For Tomorrow You May Diet

    by  • March 11, 2008 • Dieting • 0 Comments

      I have always been somewhat conscious of my weight. I remember when I was 80 lbs. and I would hold down on the counter while weighing myself to add on some weight and make me feel a little bigger. It wasn’t long after that when I hit 100 lbs. I gained a lot of [...]

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    Get Lucky by Saving a Penny

    by  • March 10, 2008 • Books, Luck Advice • 0 Comments

    Everyone has heard the saying, “a penny saved, is a penny earned”. I know I grew up hearing it. I always took it too literally and thought of it as just being pennies. I often thought to myself, who cares about a few pennies, they are all over the place and pretty much worthless. There [...]

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