The Luck Habit
What the Luckiest People Think, Know & Do..
By Douglas Miller
December 2012
Pearson Education
Distributed by Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9780273771128
173 pages
$33.50 paper original
There are two kinds of ‘luck’ – the ‘luck’ that happens when things are completely outside your control and the ‘luck’ that happens as a result of spotting opportunities and your own positive actions. However, it’s always you and the way you think and act that determines how ‘lucky’ you are.
It’s all about how we analyse the events in our lives, how we respond to them, and how pre-emptive and pro-active thinking can create the kind of life experiences we want.
Using an easy-to-read, non-academic writing style and featuring interviews with top performers in the world of sport, music and business, speaker and writer Douglas Miller presents 20 key ‘Luck Factors’ – patterns of thinking and behaviour – which you can apply in all aspects of your life.
Contents
About the author
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 THE LUCK FACTORS
CHAPTER 2 WHAT DRIVES LUCK
Luck Factor 1 Knowing what matters to you
Luck Factor 2 Feeling eager and alive
Luck Factor 3 Can do, will do
CHAPTER 3 LEARNING
Luck Factor 4 Failure is good
Luck Factor 5 Knowing your capability
Luck Factor 6 Being open to feedback
Luck Factor 7 Modelling your learning
Luck Factor 8 Turning fear into fulfilment
CHAPTER 4 PERFORMING
Luck Factor 9 Hard work
Luck Factor 10 What’s the point?
Luck Factor 11 Thinking without thinking
Luck Factor 12 Keeping fresh
CHAPTER 5 PURPOSE
Luck Factor 13 Having life-defining goals
Luck Factor 14 Having a horizon
Luck Factor 15 Living in the moment
CHAPTER 6 PEOPLE
Luck Factor 16 Behaviour breeds behaviour
Luck Factor 17 Networking
Luck Factor 18 Influencing
Luck Factor 19 Sharing success
CHAPTER 7 OPPORTUNITY
Luck Factor 20 Spotting opportunities
Conclusion
Resources
Acknowledgements
Return to main page of Trans-Atlantic Publications