will get you so far andluck always runjs out

I knew it because I’d been walking that path for awhile. My luck was created by being in the right place at the right time - and knowing it. I know the power of believing in yourself. That’s what I teach at Nurturing Big Ideas. Maybe the truth is grounded more in how you believe in it, build it, and become it. Maybe you make the choice, you do the thing, you get “lucky”, and you’re successful. You’re successful when luck is on your side. You’re lucky in business when you become successful. (Lifehacker explains more in that link… check it out!) Luck is more than making the right decisions. Even when a good many folks said to give up. It was sticking to our guns and not giving up. Instead, we stuck to our guns, we got what we wanted and we are currently happy in our new home. Was it luck? It might have been, but here’s the rub - we could have sold our old house for less, and moved into that first house, which cost more than the current home we’re in and we'd be living the good life, but a good bit poorer for it. When we put in an offer on a house, it’s accepted, we’re happy, they’re happy, but the house we live in doesn’t sell so we have to let that house we wanted go, and a month later, we find a better house, for less money, and our current house sells for what we want, we jump around and say, “Wow, are we lucky! We saved thousands of dollars not buying that first house!” When we get up and make our coffee and schedule the walk with the dog for later, and it turns to rain, we lament, “Not my lucky day.” But, really, it was chance. When we are driving to an appointment and we’re a bit late, but we make it through all the lights without stopping, we say, “Good luck to me!” But, really, it was chance. We need to be true to who we are, if we want to attract luck. I believe in luck, if you think of luck as something we bring ourselves, with our thoughts and actions. Is luck the ‘thing’ that guides us? That enlightens us? That teaches us? (I had a very assertive mother who constantly told me to be the leader, not the follower) If I was luckier, it was a luck of the draw, nothing else. In fact, it took my adult self a good bit of time, also. I had to make up for that by asserting myself, and I didn’t learn to do that until I became an adult. Really? Am I? Maybe I’m taller than some of you, but I grew up in a family where everyone was taller than I am. I sometimes felt unlucky, but that’s not a conversation for today. It was a splash of inspiration, connecting with the right people, and working very, very hard. People say to me, “You were so lucky with BlogPaws! That pet influencer community really made a difference.” The plan was to move from CO to NY to be near my grandchildren. People tell me, “You’re so lucky to live so near your grandchildren.” It seems that I have a lot of luck in my life. What do you do when you feel as if your luck has run out? Do you run out, too? Is success just a matter of luck?

Will get you so far andluck always runjs out