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,...