How To Be Lucky

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How to be Lucky

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4 Types of Luck =

4 Ways of Being Lucky

4 Types of Luck =

4 Ways of Being LuckyBy AccidentThrough Exploratory BehaviourThrough SagacityThrough Personalized Action

‘Blind luck’, nothing to do with you …

Accidental luck

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‘Blind luck’, nothing to do with you …

Q. How to be more lucky?

Accidental luck

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‘Blind luck’, nothing to do with you …

Q. How to be more lucky?A. You can’t !

Accidental luck

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The End

General Exploratory Behaviour – ‘The Kettering Principle’

Chance favours those in motion.

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General Exploratory Behaviour – ‘The Kettering Principle’

Chance favours those in motion.

Happy accidents occur as a result events coming together through energetic behaviour.

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General Exploratory Behaviour – ‘The Kettering Principle’

Chance favours those in motion.

Happy accidents occur as a result events coming together through energetic behaviour.

Q. How to be more lucky?

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General Exploratory Behaviour – ‘The Kettering Principle’

Chance favours those in motion.

Happy accidents occur as a result events coming together through energetic behaviour.

Q. How to be more lucky?A. Curiosity about many things, persistence, experiment and

exploration.

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‘ Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are

least expecting it.

I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.’

Sagacity – ‘The Pasteur Principle’

Chance favours the prepared mind.

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Sagacity – ‘The Pasteur Principle’

Chance favours the prepared mind.

Experience & knowledge makes for a special receptivity to opportunities, ideas or relationships.

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Sagacity – ‘The Pasteur Principle’

Chance favours the prepared mind.

Experience & knowledge makes for a special receptivity to opportunities, ideas or relationships.

Q. How to be more lucky?

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Sagacity – ‘The Pasteur Principle’

Chance favours the prepared mind.

Experience & knowledge makes for a special receptivity to opportunities, ideas or relationships.

Q. How to be more lucky?A. Develop knowledge, observe and remember to form new

associations quickly

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‘Dans les champ de l’observation,

le hasard ne favorise que les esprits prepares’

Chance favours individualised action.

Personalised action – ‘The Disraeli Principle’.

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Chance favours individualised action.

Good fortune favours those who behave in ways that are specifically distinctive (or organisation!).

Personalised action – ‘The Disraeli Principle’.

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Chance favours individualised action.

Good fortune favours those who behave in ways that are specifically distinctive (or organisation!).

Q. How do you become more lucky?

Personalised action – ‘The Disraeli Principle’.

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Chance favours individualised action.

Good fortune favours those who behave in ways that are specifically distinctive (or organisation!).

Q. How do you become more lucky?A. Distinctive hobbies, lifestyles, activities which set you apart and can single you out for good fortune.

Personalised action – ‘The Disraeli Principle’.

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‘We make our fortunes, we call them fate.’

Be energetic, positive and persistent

Be energetic, positive and persistent

Experiment & explore

Be energetic, positive and persistent

Experiment & explore

Develop your knowledge

Be energetic, positive and persistent

Experiment & explore

Develop your knowledge

Observe & remember

Be energetic, positive and persistent

Experiment & explore

Develop your knowledge

Observe & remember

Differentiate yourself from the crowd

Richard Goldchilternho@btinternet.com