Luck is often thought as a random occurrence of chances, and we have no control over when it happens. Although portion of this thought may be correct, however, keeping luck as part of the equation to your success, whether for weight loss, strength gain, business, sports and so on, is inevitable.
Let me ask you questions. Have you ever had a situation where pigeon pooped on your car? Isn’t it one of the disgusting moments? Then you realize there is bunch of pigeons on the tree where you have parked your car. In this situation where you could have avoided, if you knew prior getting your car pooped on, do you consider of this situation to be unlucky? When you do lottery during the summer festival. If the organizer of the lottery didn’t include “win” and all you pulled is “loss”, would you consider yourself unlucky?
Luck or chance doesn’t appear everywhere. It falls on to those who are in the right place at the right time. Even when the chance falls on to you, if you are not ready to receive it you won’t be able to catch it. This isn’t a surprising, right? If one is not ready or prepared for luck, thinking about what to do when the chance come is too late. In other words, "I'll think about it when it happens" is too late. To improve your chance to receive the luck, you should improve yourself while observing where the chance or luck may appear. Let's say someone won the lottery of million dollar. You've heard that there is high chance for the lottery winner to go bankrupt few months after receiving the money. Luck was there, they've received it, but not able to handle it because they were not ready.
If your goal is weight loss, focus on how much you need to lose and work on everything that needs to be done for the weight loss to happen. If you are not losing weight, you are still missing the pieces. Those missing pieces could be you are still eating junk, drinking too much alcohol, poor sleeping habit, or not moving enough. Also, if nutritionist or your trainer comes to your home to check your pantry and refrigerator what would they rate you?
If you are an athlete, know that other athletes are also dedicating themselves for the opportunity you are working for. Add luck to your puzzle piece and observe where it may fall. Dedicate yourself in training so when the luck appears you’ll be ready to accept it. If you are at the mercy of luck or chance you are still an amateur.
If your business is not growing, it may not the fault of your business or your prospects. It maybe you who are not ready to accept them. It could be lack of the knowledge for your profession or it could be lack of small detail like organization and people skill. Whatever the skill set that you may be lacking, accept it and improve it.
Currently, as a trainer, I am preparing myself to train anybody without hesitation. To do so, I need more in-depth and broad knowledge, skill and experience. Outside of my training hours, I’m spending, at least, an hour a day to learn more. I also make sure my environment where I train is suitable for those who will become my new client. Although I only play soccer for recreationally, I train myself so I can find a chance on the field and perform to make that chance would work for me.
Be prepared to accept what outcome the luck may bring you. You may get it, or you may not get it. Whatever the outcome may be, accept it, learn it, and be proud of what you have dedicated yourself to. Goddess of luck, Fortuna, will smile upon those who dedicate themselves to excellence even when they are facing a challenge.
Kota Shimada
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