No Such Thing as Luck!

It was the first meeting of my new wealth book club and title on our reading list was The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris. As the evening was wrapping up, one member declared this guy was just a young person who got lucky. After all, how else could someone make the same income in one week that they used to make in an entire year? And, it was like I had turrets syndrome when I blurted out, “I don’t believe in luck.” I said it so quickly I even caught myself off guard. This was not a sentence I would have constructed a few years ago.

I’ve thought about this statement for the last week and I’ve determined – yes, luck doesn’t exist. There may be synchronicity, but even that phenomena takes action to make things happen. This shift in belief is certainly an outcome of my work over the last year. We talked a lot about Cause and Effect in our group, but maybe we didn't give this conversation enough credence. What is apparent is that those who sit on the cause side of the equation see results within their reach and envision the possibilities by optimizing resilient, optimistic thinking to come up with resources, creative ideas and solutions that didn't exist for most. For Ferris, he must of said to himself, I believe I can work four hours a day and make more money...now, how do I make that happen?

The flip side is sitting on the disempowering side of the equation and responding to things like they are out of our control. For these folks, sitting on the effect side puts self-designed obstacles or circumstances squarely in their path. Reasons and excuses populate their conversations and they sound like a victim most of the time. No wonder they can’t get what they want…maybe they’re waiting for their luck to change?

Yes, even winning the lottery takes buying a ticket and acting with intention. So what do you believe?