Increase your luck through optimism
- We tend to think of innovators as lucky, coming up with the right idea at the right time.
- Often, it comes down to having the right mindset
- Being open to new ideas
- taking an optimistic approach to events in our lives
We do have control over what we perceive as luck
Lucky people expect the best outcomes despite any negative past experiences, whereas unlucky people allow the past negative events to dictate future expectations.
- The lucky people also described their expectations with upcoming interactions with other people as generally positive.
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Turn a bad fortune into good luck or opportunity
- Interpret the bad as could have been much worse
- Spend a greater amount of time visualizing in selectively remembering the positive
- The “bad” wasn’t all that bad and the “good” was pretty great
- Have chance encounters that lead to interesting new possibilities, that lead to opportunities
- See the upside of the experience, and harness the power of curiosity to be creative
We can all be lucky in this way
craving and resource from “Out-Think” How innovative leaders drive exceptional outcomes By G. Shawn Hunter
