Getting lucky is often about getting out of your comfort zone and opening yourself up to new and different opportunities. You can get lucky by listening to different people’s points of view and then looking at the situation from their perspective. You can also get lucky by putting yourself in situations and locations that are [...]
When you sit down and turn on your computer, do you know exactly what you are about to do or are you just turning on your computer because it is something to do? I constantly find myself sitting down at my computer without a clear agenda and goal in mind only to end up checking [...]
Everybody has heard the saying that “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush” or something similar. The traditional way of understanding the saying is that when you are holding a prize in your hand, you shouldn’t throw it away to find out what’s behind door number two. Our subconscious minds take [...]
If you’ve been following this blog, you will know that to get lucky, you must open yourself up to as many new opportunities as possible. Keeping your eyes open to see any changes that can lead to new opportunities and listening to as many people as possible to hear new points of view that can [...]
On Saturday night I had the privilege of going to a hockey game with my brother to see the Montreal Canadiens play the Washington Capitals. Although the Canadiens lost with a couple minutes left in the game, I did come away from the game with a valuable lesson. There was one beautiful play where [...]
I just had a conversation with a friend of mine who has five twitter accounts, one is personal and then four of them are each a stream for different topics. I don’t know what all of them are but the ones that I do know are great ideas. One of them is a pipeline of [...]
Over the years I have spoken to many very successful business people and entrepreneurs and every single one of them told me the same thing. To be successful, it takes a lot of hard work and you need a little luck. A few of these successful people even made the connection that the “little luck” [...]
Picture this. You are 20 pounds overweight on December 20th, New Years is right around the corner. This is the perfect time to make a new years resolution. You are more than determined to get to your goal weight and you decide to start the moment that the ball drops in Time Square. You plan [...]