Secrets of Lucky People by Steve Gillman

Author:Steve Gillman
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Non-Fiction
Publisher: Webhiker LLC
Published: 2009-09-10T05:00:00+00:00

The day you decide to do it is your lucky day. - Japanese Proverb Angie read every self help book out there. She could quote a hundred authors and explain everything from “manifesting” to secret motivation techniques to six ways to cure a bad habit and six hundred ways to improve oneself. She even read a book on how to get lucky.

Unfortunately, she was still working at the same job she hated, five years after starting there. She was still getting involved with men who didn’t treat her well, and still renting a small apartment and driving a car that was in need of repairs which she couldn’t afford.

Anxiety filled her days and nothing seemed to go her way.

Angie knew why, of course. In fact, not only could she give all the reasons for the way her life was going, but she also knew all the things that could be done to make it better. She was an “expert” in self improvement and success - at least in her own mind. After all, she had read more books on these things than anyone she knew.

One day Angie told her friend Andrew about the book on how to get lucky. There are dozens of ways to bring more opportunity into one’s life, she explained. He asked for examples, and listened carefully as she gave him three. Then he asked her if it worked.

She quickly said that the book was “fascinating” but that she hadn’t had time to try out the techniques in it yet.

Andrew thought about the simple ideas she had explained from the book. He decided to put them to the test. He was working too hard at his job delivering furniture, and his wife was making barely over minimum wage as a cashier. He was ready for a change.

First, he remembered what Angie had said about being in the right place for luck. Both he and his wife had always wanted to buy a house, and maybe even get into real estate investing. He made a list of what were most likely the “right places” to help with these goals, and soon went to the first one on the list, a local real estate office. He returned many times, to ask about new listings and get advice.

He started to habitually pay attention to conversations around him, and to look for opportunities in what he heard. This was another technique that Angie had told him about.

He took notes too. One day, while he was at the real estate office, he overheard some agents talking about “staging” a house.

“What is staging,” he asked. The woman explained that people put furniture and decorations in empty homes to help them improve the look and feel, so they sell more easily. That gave Andrew an idea.

He knew how to get cheap high-quality furniture, because the store where he worked always sold returned pieces for half or less of their original price. Other stores did the same. Of course, he knew how to move the furniture - that was his job.

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