March 2007

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• 03.20.07
  L-U-C-K   Attitude, Growth, Inspiration, Success (1)

  What is “luck” anyway? I have been taught a few ways to look at luck that have served me well. Perhaps they will serve you as well.
  First is as an acronym, Living Under Correct Knowledge. What most people perceive as chance some others feel as if it should be expected. This latter group [...]

• 03.18.07
  How to Make Good Luck?   Attitude, Success (1)

  My attitude toward luck, in recent years, gravitated toward the quotation Larry Hendrick provided a few days ago:  “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” He attributed it to Elmer G Letterman.  I don’t know who this Letterman is, but I remember reading a similar notion in a little pamphlet about luck more than [...]

• 03.17.07
  Green & White Snow   Success (0)

  Green & White Snow

  Originally uploaded by shersteve.

  Yes, preparation will create opportunities. Doors will open when you are ready to recognize them.
  It does require work. Like today, New England is digging out from a good ol’nor’easter that dropped about 8″ of white snow here and more or less [...]

• 03.14.07
  …the Luckier I Get   Success (0)

  I enjoyed Patrick’s article yesterday titled Make your own Luck?
  Luck is a word that conjures up a lot of emotions in people depending on how they define the term. I personally don’t believe in what I’ll term dumb luck, and as a Christian, agree with Patrick in his assessment.
  Patrick’s article brought two quotes to mind. [...]

• 03.13.07
  Make your own Luck?   Success (1)

  The theme for March is “Make your own luck”. The statement in itself is quite the oxymoron but lets explore the statement further. First of all I need to upfront say I am a Presbyterian and adhere to the principles of “reformed theology”. One of the major tenants is “God is in Control” and [...]

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