How to Improve Your Luck
There’s a science to it.
I’ve always considered myself to be a pretty lucky person. I have everything that I need and a good deal of what I want.
Lucky duck?
Many of my friends don’t think so.
One friend in particular has always been determined to set me straight.
"You’re not actually lucky," she’ll say, "you just think you are." She then goes on to remind me of all the shitty (and very real) things have happened to me.
Potato, potäto.
When you think you’re happy – you’re happy.
When you think you’re lucky – you’re lucky.
When you think you’re successful – you’re successful.
Your mindset matters – and there’s an abundance of research to support that.
Here’s the crazy thing…
That research also supports that your OBJECTIVE reality is also impacted by what you believe!
In his book, The Serendipity Mindset: The Art and Science of Creating Good Luck, Christian Burch, Phd suggests that serendipity, or as he calls it, "smart luck" can be created by:
Noticing and remaining open to the unexpected.
Finding opportunity by "…seeing links where others see gaps."
Developing the "tenacity and focus to" do something with it.
In short, Burch suggests that we learn to "develop a space that we can control in which serendipity can happen – a serendipity field."
Mic drop.
The confluence of belief and action – that place where real magic happens –apparently has a name - serendipity field!
How to Become a Lucky Duck
MINDSET CHECK If action is the motor in your success machine, mindset is the fuel (and the wrong one -take it from the girl who once put diesel in a gasoline engine) can wreak havoc.
What do you believe about yourself and about your life? Complete the following prompts.
I believe I am….
I believe my life is…
Use as many adjectives as possible. Let your answers flow freely and completely unfiltered.
What does this tell you about the way that you’re experiencing your life?
How close or far are you from the way you want your experience to be?
Look that the things you wrote that are most aligned with the best of you…
What can you do to add more of those into your life?
2. Get Present
All opportunity exists in the present moment.
Start to notice novelty.
Practice trying on new perspectives.
When obstacles appear, ask yourself the question, what would turn this into a gift?
3. Act
Try new things.
Talk to new people.
Give yourself permission to run with a crazy idea.
And if you’re interested in building your own "serendipity field," I highly recommend checking out Christian Burch.