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How to become luckier by taking risks: 3 simple steps

 We usually think of luck as a sudden lightning strike, but Tina Seelig, a Stanford University lecturer and author of dozens of books on business, thinks otherwise. She is convinced that luck is more like a constantly blowing wind, catching a jet of which is quite simple if you know how. 1. Leave your comfort zone and take small risks Change the relationship with yourself. Don't be afraid to take risks by leaving your usual comfort zone. This behavior is typical of children who learn the world and learn new skills. With age, we stop doing this and freeze in place. To succeed, you need to constantly take small risks: intellectual, financial, emotional, social. Solving a new task is an intellectual risk, talking to a stranger is a social one, expressing feelings to a dear person is an emotional one. The thing is that even minor risks add up to great luck, if not immediately, then in the future. You don't lose anything, but you get a potential opportunity. In confirmation of this,...

11 lifehacks, how to overcome the fear of rejection

 Everyone is afraid of being rejected, but not everyone is trying to overcome this fear. Entrepreneur Jia Jiang has been making ridiculous requests to strangers for 100 days and recording it on camera. Then he called it bounce therapy. Not everyone is ready to meet you halfway. When faced with a refusal, ask for an explanation of the reason and try to work around it. It is much more difficult to negotiate with several people at once than with one person. When you ask for something, it's better to communicate with a person face to face. Try to make the interlocutor laugh, then communication will definitely not switch to raised tones. When you ask for something, it is very important to seem confident in yourself. If you are asked for something, but you do not have time to fulfill this request, offer alternative solutions to the problem. Say, for example: "Unfortunately, I can't do it now because… But I know some good specialists who can help you." If you are kind and fr...