It was after watching the final episode of Derren Brown: The Experiments that I decided to focus this week's blog post on luck and how we can all become lucky.
The show (which I really recommend watching!) was based in a town where after lots of careful planning by Derren and his team, a rumour was started. The rumour was that a statue of a dog in the local park was lucky. As the story spread, people start to visit the lucky dog. The programme followed up on many of these people and discovered that after touching the dog some people had indeed experienced their own strokes of luck.
The programme then also focused on a local butcher who considered himself unlucky. To try and change his mindset, Derren planted a number of lucky opportunities for this man. Sadly, each time Derren did this, the man either didn't notice the opportunity right in front of his face or he turned it down flat. I'm not going to reveal every detail of the show but once this man had been shown the footage, he suddenly realised that maybe he wasn't unlucky - maybe he just didn't take notice of the opportunities in his life!
And as for the people who experienced luck - it wasn't the dog that gave them magical powers! It was their open-minded and proactive nature that mattered. Firstly, they believed the dog could bring them good luck and more importantly they went out looking for opportunities to be lucky!
How many opportunities in your life do you grab?
How many opportunities in your life do you grab?
How many opportunities do you pass off as a waste of time?
How many opportunities do you not even notice?
There are so many opportunities out there. It may not always seem that way but believe me there are. You have to open your mind and open your eyes in order to find them:
- Really look at what is happening around you when you step outside each day (if you watched the programme, you'll remember the £20 notes being handed out!)
- Take time to talk to people in the real world and online (Twitter has been my haven for opportunities in the last year!) You never know where a conversation may lead...
- Try something new! Be it a hobbie, a new class, just get out there! You may discover a new talent, a new passion or meet interesting and like-minded people.
- Don't pass off opportunities with the belief that 'it's too good to be true' - go for it and see what happens. Those of you who watched the show will know the end of Derren's experiment really showed the value in this last point!
What opportunities have you grabbed over this last year? How will you seek new opportunities in 2012?
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