Once you begin following your path, luck happens as a result of the flow you grow. The
foundation of luck is built on four conditions:
Location, Understanding, Connections, Knowledge
Think of a game of football. Think of David Beckham. Now, he's lucky! The English
footballer earns over $100,000 per week kicking a ball and, together with his wife,
Victoria, has a net worth of close to $100 million.
So what is it that makes a footballer lucky? As we watch the game, there's an opening and
Beckham scores. We think "That was lucky.
Out of all the spots on the pitch, he was exactly at the right place at the right time!"...
Location: Who is it that chooses where you place yourself each day? We each have an
opportunity to be at the right place, at the right time. Many of us are so busy going to
work every day, we're always at the wrong place, wrong time. Luck starts with choosing to
be at the right place, right time.
Understanding: At the critical moment, when the ball is in front of the goal, we may find
ourselves at the right place, right time, but we have no understanding of the reason we
are there: to kick the ball. Many of us are still spectators, watching the game. By the
time we notice the ball, it's too late to kick. The players know the reason they are
there is to kick the ball, so have already anticipated it, positioned themselves, and
kicked it. Luck comes from playing the game, not watching it.
Connections: Many of us have positioned ourselves in front of the goal, and understand
we're there to kick the ball. We've started our business, our investments, but there's no
ball coming. We wait, and wait, and the years tick by. Still, there's no ball coming. If
this happens to you, try looking around to see if there's anyone else on the pitch. Many
of us have not invested in our connections - the players who should be kicking us the
ball. There's no one on the pitch! Great Wealth Creators have million dollar balls being
kicked to them every day as a result of the connections they have built. Connections, by
the way, are not the same as a network. Many of us have big networks, but networks are
full of spectators, not players playing our game. So there are still no opportunities
coming our way.
Knowledge: There's no point having balls coming your way if you don't know how to kick
them. There's no point having opportunities coming your way if you don't know what to do
with them. Knowing how to kick the ball comes with playing the game. The more you play,
the more you know. Which is why, the sooner you choose your game, and play it, the sooner
your luck begins to flow. We build these four conditions not by investing our money, but
by investing our time. Some of us have been too busy going to work each day to have
invested any time in building our luck, and we are no luckier today than we were five
years ago. Wealth isn't about how much money you have. It's what you have left when you
lose all your money. When you've kicked the ball, the luck remains, and another ball will
be along in a moment. In XL, opportunities are the balls we pass to each other. Use your
Citizenship to grow your location, understanding, connections and knowledge. Keep passing
the opportunities and watch your luck grow.
XL Nation is a playground for luck to happen. The good luck stories you hear throughout
the network will begin to happen to you when you begin creating your own luck.
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