Over the last few months I have been doing some research for this blog. When I decided that I was going to start the blog I started looking into everything I needed to know to build the blog, set it up
Continue readingI know this woman who always has an answer for everything. The answer is usually “I am this way because…” and then she ends off with either “that’s how I was raised”, “my parents abused
Continue readingThere are two different thoughts on building up social and professional networks.One is to invite and accept anybody and everybody and the other is only to accept friends and people you actually speak
Continue readingI just received this email from a fellow blogger and I felt it was worth sharing it on my blog. I responded to the email but I feel I should write about what went through my head as I read this email. Hello, I
Continue readingFor the last of my 10 posts on how to get lucky and increase luckortunity, I am going to tell you to “stop trying so hard to get lucky”. For most things in life you have blinders on and your eye set
Continue readingEveryone knows the famous advice “if life throws you lemons, make lemonade”, meaning take whatever bad life throws your way and turn it into something good and sweet. This advice is something that
Continue readingOver the years I have spoken to many very successful business people and entrepreneurs and every single one of them told me the same thing. To be successful, it takes a lot of hard work and you need
Continue readingOk, now that I have your attention I’ll tell you why you should just “shut up and listen” to get lucky. Listening is an art that is unfortunately not doing too well these days. Most people hear
Continue readingFor my sixth post on how to get lucky and increase your luckortunity, I am going to suggest going to a convention of some sort on a topic of interest. I cannot explain the amount of luckortunity that
Continue readingHalf-way through my 10 ways to get lucky posts I decided to write about something much more important and appropriate for New Years. My first post was New Years Resolution 2008, Lose Weight or Get Lucky.
Continue readingThis is my fourth post in my series of 10 on how to increase your luck and create Luckortunity. Most people don’t like risk, they would rather have certainty. The problem with that is that they will
Continue readingThis is my fourth post in my series of 10 on how to increase your luck and create Luckortunity. I just heard something that blew my mind away. I heard that technology was doubling every 18 months and
Continue readingThis is the third post in my series of 10 on how to increase your luck and create Luckortunity. For those of you that don’t know what StumbleUpon is, it is a social bookmarking network where people
Continue readingIn my last post I started a series of 10 posts on different ways to increase your luck and create Luckortunity. Today’s post is number 2 out of 10 and tells you how starting a conversation with a stranger
Continue readingYou may have noticed that I haven’t written in a few days. This is especially bad since my last post was the first of a series of 10 posts on how to increase your luck. I was supposed to post every
Continue readingThe next 10 posts will be 10 different ways to increase your luck and create Luckortunity. Today’s post is how taking a new or different route can lead to new luck and more opportunities. People
Continue readingWhen I wrote my goals and made the conscious decision to follow and achieve them, without consciously knowing it, I took upon myself a ton of work. One of my goals was to build this blog. It seems pretty
Continue readingOver the last few months I have been thinking about starting up this blog. The truth is that I spent the first major part of my life just gliding by and not thinking much about the future. I always thought
Continue readingYesterday I wrote about how I realized that in order to get anything done, I needed to make clear goals for myself. A few of the goals on my list had to do with this blog. I wanted to fix up the blog,
Continue readingMost of my life I just drifted from day to day and year to year. I went through the motions like going to school, finding a job, and working. I just recently woke up and realized how much time has gone
Continue readingI’m in a very interesting position right now. I’m sort of stuck in a temporary state and I’m not sure which direction to go. I have a very good position at a marketing firm with an excellent title.
Continue readingOK. My blog style and content is going to start to change from this point on. I started off talking about luck but now I am actually going to put it into practice. I believe that everything you do can
Continue readingThere was a time where I was out of a job for a while and really didn’t know what to do with myself. Looking back I cannot believe how lucky I got and how many little factors played a vital role in
Continue readingIf you’ve ever walked down the halls of a college dorm or almost any college building, you will notice posters and posters hanging on every inch of the walls and sometimes even ceilings and floors.
Continue readingPicture this. You are 20 pounds overweight on December 20th, New Years is right around the corner. This is the perfect time to make a new years resolution. You are more than determined to get to your
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