How Lucky Are You?

The title of this many podcast is, How Lucky Are You? I was watching a video clip the other day where podcaster Mel Robbins was interviewing mentalist O's Perlman. Perlman said something that really stuck with me.

Put yourself in a situation where luck can happen. I'm pretty sure he wasn't suggesting a trip to the casino or the racetrack. What I think he meant was this. yourself around people who make things happen. Think about it. How often do we get together

with friends or family and spend our time talking about how bad things are? Before long, everyone has another story about what went wrong. If that's the environment you keep putting yourself in, don't be too surprised when it feels like bad luck follows you around. The good news is you don't even have to know lucky people personally.

You can watch their videos, read their books, listen to their podcasts, attend their seminars, learn how they think, discover the habits that seem to create their own good fortune. I recently watched another clip, this one featuring NFL legend Tom Brady. He admitted during his college football days he had a terrible attitude.

He complained that he should have been playing more and that the coaches didn't recognize his talent. Naturally, he attracted a little fan club of second and third string players who felt exactly the same way.

They'd sit around together complaining about the coaches and criticizing the players who were ahead of them. Then a sports psychologist gave Brady a wake-up call. He said,

"'You have a shit attitude.'" Not exactly sugar-coated. Then he told Brady to make the absolute most of every opportunity he was given. like every snap mattered. Treat every play as though it were the biggest play of the game.

Make yourself impossible to ignore." Apparently Brady took that advice to heart. By a senior year he led Michigan to a conference championship and was voted the team's most valuable player. So if you'd like to be a little bit luckier, put yourself in situations where luck has a chance

to happen. Spend time with people who elevate you. Learn from people who've already done what you'd like to do. Show up where the opportunities live. Because more often than not, we create the luck we eventually enjoy. All the best, John.