I never get lucky!

That was my saying for a time in my life......I never get lucky! I felt like I could never catch a break in life in so many ways.  My love life, career, health.....many areas of my life, I felt, were crappy and it was because I wasn't lucky like those other people. You know the ones, those people, the ones who always get the cool jobs, great families, and awesome careers.

Guess what I learned.......the reason I didn't have any good luck was because I wasn't doing a damn thing to put myself in a position for luck to find me. When I learned this it was a game changer. I learned there was no way that I would ever get lucky in life by sitting on my ass and hoping something would change. I learned my luck would improve if I started improving myself. I learned I would get more luck in a career if I got a job first, any job.  If I was willing to get to work somewhere, anywhere, it would increase my chance of luck finding by a thousand fold. I learned if I wanted to have better luck in relationships I should work on myself.  I learned if I work on myself I would have better luck attracting quality people in my life and I wouldn't feel stuck all the time.

See, here's the thing about good luck. If you feel like you never get lucky in life, take a look at what you are doing to find luck. If you are staying inside all the time and never putting yourself in a position where luck can find you, then you really aren't giving yourself the best chance at getting lucky.

I have found when I set both, short and long term goals I force myself to get busy. I put goals where I will see them every day.  I write down specific actions I should take to work toward achieving those goals.  I set reminders to make sure I am staying on task. I do the hard things I know I need to do to get to the finish line. When I do these action steps I have seen how lucky I can get in life.

It's not magic, and really, it isn't luck at all. It's me being willing to do what is needed to get to where I want to go. 

You CAN get lucky in life.  You CAN start today toward a life of better luck. You CAN do amazing things.  Start today.

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