Can you force luck by making the right choices?

Does that increase your chances of happiness?

Until you make the subconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
Carl Jung -

When someone is successful or has made significant growth, you often hear that they have been very lucky. But is that true? Because prior to this success, years were invested in, worked on and the person had to make concessions to achieve it.

I previously wrote about entrepreneurship with top sports mentality. Just like athletes who manage to achieve exceptional performance, they also trained hard for years together with a team of experts to achieve this success. Blood, sweat and tears and trial and error to work towards that one moment to win.

And you really can't attribute all of this to a stroke of luck.

Happiness is not as random as it seems.

I recently read an article by Dr. James Austin, an American neurologist and author. He wrote about the 4 types of happiness:

Blind luck: Random chance events
Action-oriented happiness: Happiness through taking action
Luck spotting: Recognizing opportunities from experience and preparation
Attracting Happiness: Developing unique potential and skills

How can you influence your own happiness and success?

First briefly the 4 types of happiness:

1. Blind luck

Coincidences are out of your control. E.g. finding money on the street, winning the lottery or being born into wealth or a privileged position. Be grateful for luck when it happens. But realize that waiting for chance is a trap. It makes you passive and dependent on external factors.

2. Actionable happiness

This is happiness by taking the right actions. E.g. an entrepreneur making 10 new connections on LinkedIn every day and making 10 cold calls monthly. You increase the statistical probability that someone will say "yes.

But be wary of crowding (read: saying "YES" too often). You don't want to work harder; rather, you want to work strategically smart. So know carefully what you do and don't want and what you say 'Yes' to. Because I always say: 'You'd better take it easy and spend your time and energy on the things that matter'. After all, you get much more satisfaction and appreciation from that.

How do you increase actionable happiness?

Say 'Yes' to new opportunities (especially early in your career)
Experiment often, measure your progress and do more of what works

3. Spotting happiness

This is luck where your preparation and experience allow you to recognize opportunities. E.g., a strategist who analyzes market trends to spot undervalued services or mined markets.

How do you increase spotting happiness?

Place yourself in an environment where new things are happening
Be a lifelong learner; follow your curiosity on various topics
Be flexible and adapt to respond to opportunities as they arise

4. Attracting happiness

Magnetic luck is when your reputation - because of your leadership position and value proposition - attracts opportunities to you. E.g. being asked as a speaker to give a presentation at an event.

How can you attract more happiness?

Develop an authority status and reputation of remarkable class
Build a strong personal brand by sharing your value and innovative ideas online
Double your authenticity as a leader. As Naval Ravikant says, "No one can compete with you by being yourself." Because only you can do what you are darn good at and make an impact your way.

Increasing your happiness is not a one-time effort. Check regularly with yourself that you are not falling into the traps of blind luck (letting your leadership out of your hands and depending on external forces) or not-the-right action-oriented luck (working harder but not smart).

If change would make more impact and catalyze growth in your life and business?

Would you still wait for the right moment?

Take control of your happiness in your life.

Put yourself strongly as a leader in your position, in that place where you know how to attract your customers with your value.

And keep developing and innovating to create new value and seize opportunities so that you can continue to grow happily on a personal and business level.

One Life. Lead it. Live it.

Have a great week,

Gerdi

PS. If you would like to know how I can help you, your position or your business become the visionary leader of your life and business in your own remarkable way, schedule a free appointment with me. I'll be happy to discuss what opportunities and growth possibilities I foresee for you.

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